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In Honour Of Otunba Barrister W.O. OSINUSI
On Sunday eighth October, 2023, the traditional metropolis of Ijebu-Ode got here alive when the Osinusi household of Ijebu-Ode hosted a grand eighth Day Fidau in honour of Otunba Barrister Osinusi, the patriach of the illustrious household.
The celebration passed off on the Adeola Odutola Corridor the place all the youngsters and members of the family of the deceased hosted their mates to a giant get together that began with the Muslim prayers at 11am and was adopted by a celebration which went on until the late hours of the night.
In his lifetime, he was an ideal and illustrious son of Ijebuland. And a distinguished Nigerian. He was the Otunba Fidipote of Ijebuland, Chairman, Fidipote Ruling Home, Chairman, Council of Otunba of Ijebuland, and Chairman Ojude Oba Organising Committee. He was additionally the Head of Royal household of Osinusi of Ijebu-Ode.
The occasion was effectively attended by conventional rulers, Islamic clerics, Otunbas and Chiefs of Ijebuland. The prayer session was led by the Chief Imam Akile Ijebu, Alhaji (Sheikh) Muftaudin Gbadegesin Ayanbadejo. He led about 30 Imams and Islamic Clerics drawn from throughout Ijebu. In his lifetime, he contributed his quota to the expansion & growth of the Muslim neighborhood in Ijebu-Ode. He was a person of many components. It was a roll name of Ijebu Kings, Awujale’s Otunbas, Awujale’s Council of Chiefs, members of the assorted regberegbes (age grade teams) and outstanding celebrities. Seasoned anchorman, Otunba Adewole Bello, popularly referred to as Ajisebioyo, anchored the occasion and he did an excellent job of it.
The Osinusi household members had been led to the occasion by Prince Kamal Osinusi, popularly referred to as Sir. Ok. He’s a Textile Service provider who breezed into the venue in a flowing gown, wanting like an Arabian Muslim cleric. That’s the approach he often attire to occasion. He’s the one surviving brother of the trio popularly referred to as Osinusi brothers who’re widespread in Ijebu. Earlier than the others handed on to larger glory, there have been 3 of them, particularly: Otunba Barrister Osinusi (who owned WACUS Lodge, in Ijebu Ode), late Chief Bode Osinusi (a outstanding socialite) and Prince Kamal Osinusi (popularly referred to as Sir Ok). The three of them had been the most well-liked of all of the Osinusi Brothers. So widespread had been they that Chief Commander, Ebenezer Obey, KSA and late Alhaji Ayinde Barrister composed songs for them. They had been all socialites.
Alhaja Afusat Osinusi, the stunning widow of Chief Bode Osinusi got here together with her mates from Lagos. They’re Chief (Mrs.) Iyabo Martins-Kuye, Mrs. Dele Williams, Mrs. Adeleye, Margaret Dongo, Mrs. Shade Kilasho, Mr. Tunde Kilasho, Otunba Adeshi and Mrs. Kemi Adeshina. Chief Mrs. Duro Osinusi, the beautiful spouse of Sir Ok, additionally got here together with her mates. HRH Onilere was additionally there.
Allow us to inform you what you don’t find out about Otunba Wahab Olaniran Osinusi who was born 90 years in the past to the Royal household of Osinusi of Ijebu-Ode, a household he now heads. The Osinusi Royal Household is an off-shoot of Fidipote Ruling Home of the Awujale Dynasty of Ijebuland.
His late, father, Alhaji Oladipupo Osinusi, was a giant Textile Service provider based mostly at Abeokuta whereas his mom Alhaja Adue Osinusi was a Textile Seller. For his Nursery & Major schooling, he attended Mrs. Funmilayo Ransome Kuti’s Nursery and Major Faculty at Abeokuta, then often known as Mrs. Kuti’s Courses from the yr 1939-1944 in 1945, Otunba Osinusi graduated from Mrs. Kuti’s Courses to the Abeokuta Grammar Faculty the place he was admitted into Normal IV and the place he accomplished his Secondary schooling in December 1951.
He instantly thereafter moved to Lagos to begin his working life. He was employed as third Class Clerk on the Institution Workplace of the Nigerian Railway Company, Yaba, in 1952 and rose to the grade of a 2nd Class Clerk earlier than he resigned his appointment early in 1958. he wasted no time after leaving the Railways to proceed to london the place he enrolled for his Common Certificates of Training (GCE) research on the North Western Polytechnic in Kentish City, London Nw5.
Otunba Osinusi had all the time, as a younger man, had the ambition to grow to be a lawyer, a occupation he was a lot in love with. Instantly after efficiently finishing his GCE papers. Otunba Osinusi utilized to and acquired admitted into the Honourable Society of Lincoln’s Inn, London, in October 1959 to learn Regulation. He completed there and having handed his Bar Ultimate Examination he was referred to as to the Bar on the twenty seventh day of November, 1962. He was a member of Training London, within the Trinity and Michealmas Phrases in 1962.
Otunba Osinusi returned to Nigeria in December, 1962 and acquired enrolled on the Supreme Courtroom of Nigeria as a Barrister & Solicitor on the 2nd day of January, 1963. He instantly thereafter proceeded to Ibadan the place he began his authorized apply as a Junior Counsel within the Chambers of late Chief Ezekiel Akinola Cole, an ideal authorized luminary in his time.
Otunba Osinusi had all the time wished to contribute his personal quota to the develop ment of his house city, Ijebu-Ode. He due to this fact after having labored in Chief Cole’s Chambers at Mokola, Ibadan for someday, moved to Ijebu-Ode to proceed along with his authorized apply and he has remained Ijebu-Ode ever since.
On the social aspect, he was a member of the pioneer social membership in Ijebu-Ode i.e. The Ijebu-Ode Membership, the place he was the Social Secretary and Secretary from the mid-sixties to the early seventies. By advantage of his royal blood and his contibutions to Ijebuland, Otunba Osinusi was in 1985 conferred with the distinguished title of Otunba Fidipote of Ijebu by His Royal Majesty, Alaiyeluwa Oba (Dr.) Sikiru Kayode Adetona, CFR, Ogbagba II. The Awujale and Paramount Ruler of Ijebuland and the Supreme Head of all Ijebus.
Otunba Osinusi is the Chairman of Fidipote Ruling Home, which is among the 4 Awujale Ruling Homes in Ijebu-Ode. He was the Secretary of the Council of Otunbas of Ijebuland, an workplace which ably held for over 20 years. He’s the present Chairman of the Council, an workplace he has ably held for about six years.
He’s additionally the Chairman of the Ojude Oba Organising Committee and the Ag. Chairman of the Awujale Central Mosque Constructing Committee. Otunba Osinusi is a religious Muslim.
In recognition of his adherence to the tenets of the Islamic Faith and his contribution to the expansion of the faith, he was turbaned because the Balogun Muslim Oke-Imale of Ita-Ogbin Mosque, Ijebu-Ode, in 1987. Otunba Osinusi is fortunately married and blessed with good kids and grand kids and his all the time filled with due to almighty Allah for all the great issues the Nice Allah has executed for him in his life. Otunba Osinusi feels fulfilled in life and could be very contented. His hobbies embody studying and listening to comfortable music.
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