“The President was twenty-five minutes late to dinner! But he showed up, surprisingly, driving himself, followed by several security agents in another vehicle. When the president walked through the front door at Cooper Road, he looked tired.

As we walked straight to the dining table, he sneezed twice and quickly apologised, reminding us that he had not had a good sleep for days because of the pressure from ‘various state agitators’! And to which Professor Soyinka quickly asked him: “Which states again? Are you creating new states?”

“Of course, Wole. Haven’t you been following the news? We ‘re creating new states, although we ‘re not quite sure yet how many. Nine? Maybe, ten new states”, the president retorted.

“Yes, of course, now I remember, which was why you promised the Ooni that Ile-Ife would be the capital of a new state! Which state would that be again?” Soyinka asked.

“Oh yes, we ‘re thinking of an Osun State which would be carved out of the present Oyo State! But I am not sure of Ife as capital,” the president replied, with a little wry smile.

“But how can you do that to the Ooni? I thought you gave him your word. Ibrahim, that man would never forgive you!” Soyinka added.

“But you see, Prof, we were going to make Ife the capital. Then someone close to me, and even close to the Ooni, also advised against it. So, we ‘re still at it. But let me ask my darling Sade here where she thinks we should situate the state capital,” the president said with a mischievous smile.

Sade, who had been busy overseeing the dishes being served, and hadn’t be following the conversation closely, quipped: “About what, sir? Which state, Sir?”

“About the capital of the new Osun State, which would include Ife, I believe, Ede and definitely, Osogbo,” the president, still beaming with a smile, replied.

“Well, as you know, Sir. Yemi and I are the Ooni’s chiefs; obviously, our preference would be Ile-Ife. But if you have decided against Ife, which would be a real pity, the next logical place would be Osogbo, since Osogbo has a railway station, a Steel Rolling Mill, and I think, a huge NEPA facility!” Sade added, to which the president quickly exclaimed: “Ah! That’s my girl!”

“Ah, ah! Ibrahim, you are not a nice person! After making up your mind about Osogbo, you make it look like the idea was Sade’s! You are not serious!” Soyinka pushed back, leading to prolonged laughter around the table.

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Ife is nearer to Oyo and Ondo states but smaller

Osogbo is bigger but that governors office at Abere is actually sitting on Ede land.

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Ife is nearer to Oyo and Ondo states but smaller

Osogbo is bigger but that governors office at Abere is actually sitting on Ede land.

Abere is Ede anyday anytime.