If you engage His Royal Majesty, Oba Hameed Adekunle Oyelude, the Olowu of Owu Kuta, Osun State, in discussions most especially Nigerian politics you would be marveled at his intelligence and brilliance laced with how spontaneous he will deliver his arguments. His attention to key points will almost make you think he is a student of political science but trust me he knows Nigerian politics like the back of his hand among other topics. Engaging him in arts, sciences, and world politics he is always ready to share his knowledge without prejudice and bias.
Early in his life as a businessman and a contractor, he had set out to be a man loved by all sundry for his composure and ability to coordinate things to run smoothly. He understood the power of maintaining friendship and also remained loyal to his friends. These and many more earned him the position as the National Chairman of Nigeria’s former Military President, Ibrahim Badamosi Babangida IBB, vision 2003 when he wanted to contest as a civilian president. Many who faulted Oyelude’s idea of working for the IBB presidency are quick to forget that their relationship was dated back when IBB was military president. He was trusted and tested so the synergy and bond between them chummed up.
The multi-lingual monarch averred that IBB was said to have influenced him in a lot of ways. Since he ascended the throne, he also constantly used IBB’s influence and his other high-wired connections to attract developmental projects to his hometown which today his subjects are enjoying massively from. He is loved by his people for influencing the construction of Kuta Railway Station road and also securing job placements for numerous sons and daughters of Owu in different federal government agencies.
He also used his close relationship with former Chief of Army Staff, Gen. Buratai, to enable the Nigerian Army to construct the age-long Osun Bridge on Kuta – Ede Road, which has now eased movement and encouraged trading among the people of the two towns as well as other towns around. The stylish monarch single-handedly built an N75 million ultra-modern community palace, a police station, a patrol van in Owu Kuta, and expanded channeling of waterways as well as the control of Erosion at Isale Oba in Kuta.
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