In the late 60s and early 70s in Ondo, was an
initially popular tailor known as Wahabi whose shop
was located around the Idi-Aje ( Ud'Aje) axis of
town; precisely by the junction of Ijoka and Ododibo.
"Wahabi/Waibi Tailor" as he was popularly known,
was from Eruwa, in Ibarapa East local government
of Oyo State and came to settle in Ondo - a city
known for its legendary hospitality to foreigners - to
practice his tailoring trade.
Before too long, Wahabi Tailor had integrated
himself so much within the Ondo social circles that
he parlayed his fairly good looks and new found
social connections to endear himself to many
people - particularly, the women.
It was the demands arising from this new social
status that he could not maintain from his modest
tailoring earnings that drove him to an alternative
option of making money: syndicated robbery and
stealing of strayed goats, otherwise known as
"Kolokun" in Ondo parlance.
Wahabi Tailor used his influence with Ondo
socialites and the Police to evade arrest even
though suspicion had gown concerning his source
of wealth which he lavished on many Ondo women.
The turning point in his popularity seemed to be the
audacity in his determination to befriend and
eventually win over, one of the wives of the then
reigning Kabiyesi!
In one of his syndicated robbery outings at a house
in the Surulere area, some of his boys were caught
and during a reprisal attack which he personally led,
one of the mortally beaten victims, a teenage boy,
was able to disclose before he died at the hospital,
that his legs were personally broken by Wahabi
Tailor during the attack!
Despite this incriminating evidence and several
others in the past, law enforcement authorities -
with whom Wahabi Tailor had ingratiated himself -
were so lax in their arrest and prosecutorial duties
that Wahabi Tailor was able to flee Ondo town
without being brought to justice!!
That was what Ondo got in return for its welcoming
hospitality to Wahabi Tailor from Ibarapa, in Oyo
State.

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