Citypeople Magazine
Publisher SEYE KEHINDE got him to talk about his life on the throne and he
revealed a lot about what life has taught him as a young king. Below are excerpts
of the interview.
How do you feel
turning 40? What has life thought you?
I feel
very happy to have attained the age 40. Life has taught me a lot of lessons
that life as a young King on the throne of Kingship requires a lot of wisdom
& patience.
You have been on the
throne now for how long. What are the lessons?
I
have been on the throne since November 30th 2007 which makes it 14 years ago
now
What are the changes
in your community? What is the security situation there?
There
have been so many changes in Ikogbo Kingdom and its environs since I became King
of Ikogbo. We now have a Central Market known as Ikogbo Central Market .6 acres
of land was released for Ikogbo police station that was commissioned on
November 2019 by the former CP Makama. We also have an ongoing Vision
University construction project going on, on the soil of Ikogbo, owned Dr.
Prophetess Ngozi Okafor, the General Overseer of The Truth Visionary Mission.
The private university is expected to take off by 2022 by God's grace.
We
also appreciate the Governor of Ogun State, Prince Dapo Abiodun for the
construction of 4.5 KM road of Captain David road in Ejila-Awori/Ikogbo road, which
is expected to be commissioned any time soon.
There
are lots of changes which I can't mention everything at a time.
What is the security
situation in your area?
Security
challenges we are facing are the issue of Land grabbers, cultist & thuggery
from a neighboring community Imoshe village terrorizing our town, which we want
Nigerian police to come to our aid.
What is your advice to
Government to help improve Security situation?
My
advice to government on the way to improve Security is that we should intensify
Community policing so that each state will have its own police under the
control/authority of each state Governor.
What has changed about
you at 40? What has not changed?
A
lot has changed about me. I now have patience to tolerate people, most especially
the bad eggs in the community.
To
the extent that if I decide to take up specific action against them, people
will know I have given them a long rope to pull.
As
Oba I still love going to site to supervise the level of all our ongoing building
projects & Obaship position can't
stop me from doing that.
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