ABUROMI NI OBA LAMIDI ADEYEMI, THE ALAAFIN OF OYO,,-PRINCE ADESANU OLAYIWOLA BY DR DAUD AWWAL

AN EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW WITH A SENIOR BROTHER TO LATE OBA LAMIDI ADEYEMI, PRINCE HAMZA OLAYIWOLA ADEJARE ADESANU BY DR.DAUD AWWAL.
Prince Adesanu was born in 1935 in Oyo Palace to the family of Alaafin of Oyo. He lived with the late Oba Adesoji Aderemi, the Ooni of Ife from 1942-1951. He joined Action Group and worked directly with Late Chief Obafemi Awolowo in 1962. He left Nigeria in 1969 lived in Germany, and relocated to the United Kingdom in 1971 where he resides till the present day.
He speaks about the death of Oba Lamidi Adeyemi, the 44th Alaafin of Oyo, kingmakers of Oyo, Nigerian politics. He discussed how he worked with late Chief Obafemi Awolowo, what caused the fight between Akintola and Awolowo, how he played a key role in Nigeria's independence, and why Awolowo was a great political thinker and selfless leader. He also discussed how Yoruba betrayed Awolowo in 1963. He also addressed the insecurity in Nigeria and solutions to Nigeria's problems. He narrated a story of how Nigerians bought the first Nigerian Mosque in 1962 in the UK. He debunked a story that was reported about Bode Thomas who was reportedly barked like a dog to death in 1953. What happened between the late Oba Adeyemi 11, the father of the late Oba Lamidi Adeyemi and Bode Thomas in 1953.
IS IT TRUE THAT OBA ADEYEMI 11 CURSED BODE THOMAS TO BARK LIKE A DOG TILL HE DIED BECAUSE HE EMBARRASSED OBA ADEYEMI? WATCH THIS EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW WITH PRINCE ADESANU ADEJARE WHO IS A SENIOR BROTHER TO THE LATE LAMIDI ADEYEMI 111 WHO DIED ON APRIL 22,2022.
Chief Olabode Thomas travelled to Oyo State to attend the Oyo Divisional Council meeting on November 22, 1953, because he was a member of the council. The reports say when Bode arrived at the meeting, all the prominent people stood up to welcome him except Oba Adeyemi II, and he furiously said to the Alaafin ''Why were you sitting when I walked in? Oba Adeyemi, the Alaafin of Oyo II felt embarrassed and said to Chief Bode Thomas. ''Se emi longbo mo baun? (Am I the one you are barking at like that?) Bode said 'yes'. The Alaafin said to him, Lati asiko yi lo,ko ma gbo bi aja (Henceforth, keep barking)- Bode was 34 years old while the Oba Adeyemi was in his 60s when the incident happened. The Lagos State named a street after him in Surulere. He served as a Colonial transportation minister of the Colony and Protectorate of Nigeria. It was reported that Bode Thomas travelled back to Lagos and started barking like a dog throughout the night till he died the following day which was on the 23rd of November, 1953. Born in October 1919 to the wealthy Yoruba Trader. He studied law in London. He became the Balogun of Oyo in 1949. Reports say that Bode Thomas was an arrogant lawyer. Today, HRH Prince Adesanu Adejare (88 years old) who is a brother to the late Oba Lamidi Olayiwola Adeyemi disregarded the story: and claimed that the story was not true because he was at the meeting in 1953. The Alaafin did not curse Bode Thomas to bark like a dog till he died, only what he knew about Bode, he was ill and died in 1953.