Society big boy, Gabriel Ogbum now a Chief
Society big boy, Gabriel Ogbum now a Chief
One of the biggest boy In mainland, Gabriel Ogbum aka Pepero has been installed as Otun Akinrogun of Oki Kingdom Iyana ipaja Lagos Nigeria
The handsome dude who recently lost his father with the burial tentatively fixed for OCTOBER 26th this year (2024)was well supported by his beautiful wife Charity Ogbum and his State High school 1988 set tagged "Buddies"
The coronation activities which was held Saturday, 30th August, 2024 had so many important personalities in attendance. Funsho Ademoye aka infinity of south Africa flew all the way from South Africa to attend the highly rated event
The baale of Oki Kingdom, High Chief Adedayo Badayemo ( Aremo Oki , Ilufemiloye1).was full of encomium for the new Otun Akinrogun of Oki Kingdom, Gabriel Ogbum who despite been from Delta State he is fluent in Yoruba thanks to his up bringing in iyana ipaja Lagos, he also had his primary education ( State Primary school Abule Oki Alimosho)and post primary education in Lagos( State High school Alimosho) before he proceeded to Ogun State University (latter Olabisi Onabanjo) for his degree program in Engineering related course
Ogbum installment as Otun Akinrogun of Oki Kingdom was well celebrated by the youth in the area and beyond as they believe he will bring a touch of excitement to Oki Kingdom especially with his popularity among his subjects in the area
According to Baale of Oki Kingdom Iyana ipaja, Pepero was worth of the chieftaincy title
" Even though Gabriel Ogbum installment as Otun Akinrogun of Oki Kingdom Iyana ipaja was a bit surprised to those who are not conversant with happenings in abule Oki Kingdom their argument could be based on the fact that he's of non Yoruba tribe, but for those of us who have been monitoring him we all know and concurred that his achievement and his contribution to the development of Oki Kingdom Iyana ipaja Lagos here can't be overlook. So we are very proud of him. To some people he's not a Yoruba. But for us , he's a typical Yoruba, if one listen to his Yoruba conversation you will hardly believe he's of non Yoruba tribe. But that's not even our concern. Ours is that he's worth to be installed as Otun Akinrogun of Oki Kingdom