JACOB ODULATE, The Man Who Invented ALABUKUN Powder Over 100 Years Ago!

Alabukun, one of the oldest drugs in Nigeria and even is still very relevant and popular today. However, not many know the Jacob Odulate aka Blessed Jacob, a Nigerian pharmacist, inventor and entrepreneur and the brain behind the brand that has remained relevant selling in all parts of Nigeria, Benin republic, Cameroon, Ghana and some parts of Europe.

1. Jacob Sogboyega Odulate aka Blessed Jacob was born into a polygamous family in 1884.

2. He was originally from Ikorodu in Lagos State but later moved to the neighbouring Ogun State.

3. At age 14, he trekked for three months from Ikorodu before reaching Abeokuta to establish himself.

4. Blessed Jacob managed to create a brand from what served as his consulting room and workshop in Abeokuta. His modest headquarters was at the Sapon Area, not far from where he later built his famous three-storey building in Ijemo Agbadu.

5. In 1918, he invented the legendary Alabukun powder which is now a hit in the world’s most populous nation and in other West African nations.

6. He sent his children to study at some of the best universities in Durham, Newcastle, United States of America and London. e.g Mrs. Folake Odulate (later to become Chief. Mrs. Folake Solanke) who is the first female lawyer in Nigeria to wear the silk and she also became the first female Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN). In 1966, she established the first law firm by a Nigerian female at Ibadan, Oyo State and named it Alabukun Chambers in honour of her great father.

7. Apart from making the drugs, the energetic Blessed Jacob also produced other brands like Alabukun mentholine, other preparations and an annual journal called Alabukun Almanac which was widely distributed in Abeokuta and eventually all over Nigeria between the 1920s and 1950s.

8. He died in 1962 at age 78.

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My uncle once sent us to buy this drug when we were kids.

We didn't know it was a drug. That's how trekked from one grocery sellers to another.

Spent a lot of time asking questions.

Nice

What is the drug meant for?

I've never heard of it before

Number 2 is not correct. There was nothing like Lagos State or Ogun state when he was alive. Ikorodu was in western region as at the time he died.

Really? It is used for malaria fever treatment, headache, cold, body pain and many more.

Sixfeetbelle:
What is the drug meant for?

I've never heard of it before

Sixfeetbelle:
What is the drug meant for?

I've never heard of it before

It was the Panadol of those days.

His great great grand daughter is my crush

THERE WERE NO AGBEROS THEN..

THE LEADERS WERE DECENT.. NOT EX-CONVICT OR DRUG LORDS...

Cool

Gone are the good old days.

Alabukun! Nothing prevents hang over like that drug. If you want, take 10 bottles if your head fit carry am. Nothing go do you the next morning.

Alabukun dey everywhere around the world...

The last time I took Alabukun was like a decade ago...

Is Abeokuta that far from Ikorodu?

Someone once told me to take alabukun mixed with gin before s*X ,that I will stay longer , I did try it and true it worked ,but that night I felt how disruptive it was to my system and organs ,, I will never advice anyone or try such again.

Better drug for me. If my belle too full of beer and I still want to drink more, just use alabukun and believe me you go drink 2crate of gulder.

Help yourself by avoiding that drug!

Hmmmmmmm

It reduces highness

wiseone28:
It reduces highness

Alabukun is addictive.

I've taken it before. And I'll tell you that if I see an Alabukun sachet lying around, I won't mind taking it even though I'm not sick.

Miracood2:



Alabukun is addictive.

I've taken it before. And I'll tell you that if I see an Alabukun sachet lying around, I won't mind taking it even though I'm not sick.

I don't know it other usefulness, i only take it when i reach space on highness.

thisisit:
THERE WERE NO AGBEROS THEN..

THE LEADERS WERE DECENT.. NOT EX-CONVICT OR DRUG LORDS...

It is also use to cure depression.

The first time I took Alubukun was when I had malaria but it made me hallucinate for more than 24hrs. The experience scared me, and I swore not to take it again.

It's been more than a decade now, and I have never taken it. Due to the scary experience I had, I hate it so much.

Queendera:
My uncle once sent us to buy this drug when we were kids.

We didn't know it was a drug. That's how trekked from one grocery sellers to another.

Spent a lot of time asking questions.

This caught me laughing hard... I don't even know that's a drug

Sixfeetbelle:
What is the drug meant for?

I've never heard of it before

It's a pain reliever.

ruffhandu:
Is Abeokuta that far from Ikorodu?

You won't know until you trek it.

makaveli902:


You won't know until you trek it.

Hahahahaha. I just dey ask. i doubt if it is that far. Unless he was working on transit.

Dogalmighty17:
Alabukun! Nothing prevents hang over like that drug. If you want, take 10 bottles if your head fit carry am. Nothing go do you the next morning.

That thing works like a magic. The day I tired it I was shocked.