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Politics › Re: Picture Of Same Place In Aba In The Day And In The Night. by PureFace1(m): 11:56am On Mar 07, 2024
AcuraZDX:
What about the governors of Osun your slum state, from 1999-2023?
Go to Oshogbo and see your brother selling puff puff and egg rolls in traffic, there's no place in Osun you wouldn't see an Igbo man selling okirika, pushing wheel barrow or Fan yogo


Osogbo in Osun state is rated as the cleanest city in Nigeria unlike your Aba that's well known as one of the dirtiest city in Nigeria, Osogbo was also among the city with stable electricity supply in Nigeria, even Aba can't compare or match until the new commission power generation station start working.

Osun also has a very low poverty rate, Osun also generated more IGR than Abia state, Abia is all hype and empty drum.

Just because Yoruba are quiet doesn't mean you can use that pigsty Aba too shit on anywhere in South West.

Romance › Re: Sold N47m Worth Of Lands So You Could Study Abroad” – Nigerian Man Laments by PureFace1(m): 8:30pm On Mar 06, 2024
Jeon:
Why is he emotional and full of tears? , men aren't suppose to be emotional. He should move on, broken marriage don't have effects on Men.

😁
Most simps will always pay a big price at the end

The men you are mocking are actually the one that believe in women , men that rises up to defend women online and offline and pander to women, bloody simps. They only turn bitter after being dissapointed and heartbroken.

You shouldn't be mocking these type of men if you have sense because they are your allies.

No sensible redpill or alpha man even with a little bit of knowledge about women would do all what that man said he did for his wife.
Politics › Re: YouTube screenshots of Aba (pictures) by PureFace1(m): 6:10pm On Mar 06, 2024
ibechris:
No be for ekiti a woman sold her new born for 2million last month.

No be for Ogun state three men murdered a woman and sold her parts to ritualist for a ridiculous amount.

Sometimes,keeping quiet is saner.
The woman you are talking about was from your side, so you are still mocking yourself lol
Politics › Re: Obi Is Right; It's Shameful War-ravaged Ukraine Gave Nigeria Food - Niger Gov by PureFace1(m): 5:59pm On Mar 06, 2024
Playing politics with UN charity intervention program show the kind of politician Peter Obi is, He is a real snake.

Nigeria has not been sufficient in food production for decades and a few months of any new President is not going to change things that quickly, would Peter Obi reject the UN intervention Program that Nigerians in war torn north desperately need if he was the president in charge ?

The Anambra that he governed for 8 years what food production is Anambra self sufficient in with his intervention ?

I want this Peter Agulu to become president even if it is 2 years, this mugu is going to be worst in all indices when he show his true colour.
Politics › Re: Edo Election: Obidient Influencers Accuses One Another Of Embezzling 2023 Funds by PureFace1(m): 7:38am On Mar 06, 2024
Most of these people are just political jobber seeking to gain access to the national treasury and loot their share.
Romance › Re: Man Shares The Response He Got After He Gifted His ‘Love’ ₦20k On Her Birthday by PureFace1(m):
All women have that entitlement mentality thanks to Simp and thirsty men that are ready to do anything to have access to the coochie.

I keep telling men, getting pvssy or women should not be the goal in life, the goal should be getting a woman that will treat you well and improve your quality of life but most men have no principle when it come to women they just worship pvssy with their life till they die.

Women have this entitlement mentality because of other men like you in her dm fawning over her and trying desperately to get her and even buy her attention and when you can easily get things easily and in excess you take it for granted. Reason why women would keep all sort of men around even if she's not interested in the men it help them build their superficial ego with the cheap attention they get, they look down on men with the help of others men like you that have no ball to say no and walk away.

Some stupid simps even convinced themselves to believe tolerating all toxic behavior from women that have no interest in them means they have confidence and not a coward. Some men chase women till they lose their sanity, they don't even know how to be treated well with respect and like a human being again, they believe all the disrespectful and toxic behavior is normal.
Politics › Re: Imo State $4.2 Billion Gas Plant Set For Commissioning by PureFace1(m): 12:31pm On Mar 02, 2024
OfficialAPCNig:
You guys really need to go back to school.

Poverty rate in China is 19.7%, meaning over 280 million people in China are poor, which is even more than the population of Nigeria.

Now, will you say that Nigeria is richer than China?

No.

Poverty rate in Nigeria is a ccording to the NBS is 40.1% in 2019 and 63% in 2022.

It means nearly two-third of our population are poor while less than one-third of Chinese are poor.

Keep boasting with absolute numbers while SE continue to flog una with the data the matters.

😂😂😂
Lol You are just a clown

Keep flogging ? the past Poverty statistics of 2020 even favored south west in all ramifications.
Politics › Re: Imo State $4.2 Billion Gas Plant Set For Commissioning by PureFace1(m): 11:55am On Mar 02, 2024
OfficialAPCNig:
It's disappointing that you guys don't understand percentage and it's functions.

SE is RICHER, MORE EDUCATED, and SAFER than SW.

Deal with it 😂😂😂😂
Yeah in your delusional mind

You are the one finding it difficult to accept the fact that i stated.

South West is better than you in all you listed if you consider the percentage to population ratio. 1% of 1000 will always be greater than 1% of 100 or 500 the faster you realize that the better for you cheesy
Romance › Re: Please Help Me, How Do I Ignore This Girl by PureFace1(m):
Fiscus105:
I think ur brain malfunctiond, that thy u quickly forgot that u claimed to be superior in game of women

If a lady say no for the first time ,it means,she disrespects you? Kabiye the first son of tinubu I salute you o!

I say sorry for you and ur foolish gragra alpha nonsense you belong to on faceless forum. They claim bigger boys online but beg for ordinary attention of ladies physically.

Oga, any girl you ask out and open leg for u instantly, she isn't sign of respect for you but a sign that you are totally worthless, because the girl herself is a worthless and that is how she say yes for every guy.

Meanwhile, can u swear with anything good you have that, in ur life,. ....you have never for once re-toasted girls that said no before.

I don't need explanation just swear.
If you are not getting a Kabiyesi treatment from a woman then you don't know what it truly mean if a woman is interested in you, the goal of a real man is not to get women but to be treated very well, with respect and dignity

Idiot, i hope you can use your brain.

Would she play hard to get with Wizkid or Flavour, Asake, Olamide, Rema etc? reject them so that they can chase her harder? No !!! Even portable get 10s of beautiful women easily.

She know the real value of the men above and know they don't have time to waste, look at the girl that dumped her boyfriend to dance with Omah lay recently at a concert, she didn't even care that her boyfriend was there, when a woman play hard to get with you it is because she doubt or think your value is not enough for her or she's seriously not interested you. Only someone that doesn't respect himself would be trying to prove his value to someone that think you are not worth shit when there are a lot of people in the world that would value you better. For better investment and better life you should be where you are valued.


I have no time for going back and forth with you, you are just a delusional clown with wrapped and messed up mentality.
Politics › Re: Imo State $4.2 Billion Gas Plant Set For Commissioning by PureFace1(m): 9:35am On Mar 02, 2024
OfficialAPCNig:
I dey shame for you.

Do you even know the work of percentage.

Now, let's use your stats to do the calculations:

67% of 30 million is 20 million, meaning only 20 out of 30 million people from SW are rich, while 10 million are not.

67% of 20 million is 13.4 million, which means only 6.6 million are not rich.

Percentages are used instead of absolute numbers when the population sizes of the two comparing entities differ.

Go back to school.
You are just gas lighting yourself, you are the one that need to go back to school.

So who truly have the highest numbers of rich people ? 67 of 30 million or 67% of 20 million ? you see how delusional you sound. You just want celebrate percentage lol you are truly a clown.

Even Yoruba have more people out of poverty than you, imagine If all those gala sellers in the west are bundle back to the East to be counted, there you will see south east still remain the poorest region in the south.
Politics › Re: Imo State $4.2 Billion Gas Plant Set For Commissioning by PureFace1(m): 10:10pm On Mar 01, 2024
OfficialAPCNig:
You are seeing evidence and you are still throwing tantrums like a kid whose lollipop was taken.

If you remove the number of Igbos in SW, poverty rate in SW will even increase.

Which one is the highest intensity and degree of poverty?

FYI, SE has the lowest number in the Social Register of Most Vulnerable Households in Nigeria.

"Most Vulnerable Households' is the right word to use and SE has the lowest.

Richest households - SE first

Poorest Households - SE last

😂😂😂
All the gala hawkers and wheel barrow pushers are the one inflating south west poverty statistics, take them back to the East and you have the poorest region in Nigeria grin


NBS posted the full analysis where the poverty intensity is very hard in the East.

As for Richest household, South west beat your silly ass. 67% of South west 30 million population is higher than 67% of South East 20 million population or you don't know mathematics ?
Politics › Re: Imo State $4.2 Billion Gas Plant Set For Commissioning by PureFace1(m): 8:34pm On Mar 01, 2024
OfficialAPCNig:
😂😂😂
So in your delusional mind how did you beat South west lol when the percentage is both the same at 40.3 ?

Now if you include the number of Igbo outside the East not counted you would realize south east is still the poorest zone.

Plus you don't post the full statistics, south east have the highest intensity and degrees of poverty.

You can also post the statistics of Rich household where south west also flogged you but keep playing ostrich like you don't know.
Politics › Re: Imo State $4.2 Billion Gas Plant Set For Commissioning by PureFace1(m): 8:21pm On Mar 01, 2024
OfficialAPCNig:
Forget Lagos - Ibadan expressway newspaper propaganda, SE is RICHER than SW.

If you provoke me, I'll upload the latest poverty distribution data from NBS.

Even with Lagos una dey claim with una lives, SE is still ahead when it comes to having the lowest number of poor people and lowest poverty rate.

😂😂😂
Still in your delusional mind

Which poverty statistics lol you mean the one where South West even beat your ass despite when half of your population can't survive in your region ?

Post the full statistics from NBS, South East is still the poorest region in the south.
Politics › Re: Imo State $4.2 Billion Gas Plant Set For Commissioning by PureFace1(m): 8:10pm On Mar 01, 2024
OfficialAPCNig:
Is Dangote Refinery in Yoruba land? Compare projects in Ogun, Ondo, Osun, Ekiti, and Oyo with what are in the SE.

😂😂😂
Lagos is Yoruba land, you can keep deluding yourself otherwise

What's in the East lol ? is something there ? as long as you keep running away from it like it is barren there's nothing in the East.
Politics › Re: Imo State $4.2 Billion Gas Plant Set For Commissioning by PureFace1(m): 4:52pm On Mar 01, 2024
OfficialAPCNig:
I said the cost of the Shell plant is worth more than the GDP of Ogun state. The money that went into building that plant is worth more than all the economic activities that go on in the whole OGUN

😂😂😂
And the cost of Dangote refinery is X100 of anything in the East

You are just a clown
Politics › Re: Imo State $4.2 Billion Gas Plant Set For Commissioning by PureFace1(m): 11:42am On Mar 01, 2024
OfficialAPCNig:
We don't count Lagos as part of SW (Yoruba land). It's a former FCT
Yeah in your delusional mind, you can go and remove Lagos from south west on Nigeria map and take it to the East.
Romance › Re: Please Help Me, How Do I Ignore This Girl by PureFace1(m): 11:16am On Mar 01, 2024
Fiscus105:
But u claimed to be a champion? Are you chickened out ur usually way?

Let me tell you another attribute that you possessed, women would easily win argument over you, even when ur own opinions are better, cos of ur weak trait in nature.
Another one is that, you are a type that woman can cheat on easily, owing to ur weaker instinct, take for instant, if ur wife coming late, if u ask her, from where, and shout at you back, you will give in and accept ur faith.
You are just delusional, so not chasing women now mean women can easily disrespect me? dude i walk away from women because i respect myself and wouldn't tolerate any disrespect. You are a loser if you don't realize No is No and even if she want you to chase harder who want to be with that kind of shittty woman ? that will keep playing stupid games and wouldn't respect you.

So if you are a champion it mean you must conquer every women and turn your self to a loser and don't respect yourself and lose respect in the process?

I am not going to waste my time chasing a woman doesn't mean i don't know how to handle women when it come to other issues and tolerate disrespect.

You think bickering with women make you strong ? you are still a kid.

I will never be in relationship with a woman that disrespect me, if she disrespect me in the relationship i will end it.
Politics › Re: Imo State $4.2 Billion Gas Plant Set For Commissioning by PureFace1(m): 10:56am On Mar 01, 2024
mrvitalis:
Who is talking about igbos? Is there a sea port in igbo land?
Is Igbo land close to the sea ?

and if you need a port so badly, i thought everyone in the east is a billionaire, what's stopping you from bankrolling the project?
Romance › Re: Please Help Me, How Do I Ignore This Girl by PureFace1(m): 10:51am On Mar 01, 2024
Fiscus105:
You are just wrote long epistle that potraited you, not only a weak but a foolish guy, well, nobody do competition with you on woman matter and no where you read that you must able to convince all females in the universe, but if you ask a lady out once and because she says no you chickened out, I repeat you are a woke* teenage boy.
I get better result with less effort and respect myself and no woman is really worth it to waste my time on her, what would i really benefit from her apart from sex? so does it now worth jumping through hoops and obstacles over and wasting time and resources.

You are the weak and foolish guy here and you can continue to waste your time away chasing women no one care, what did you achieve with all the chase like every other Nigerian guys ? You only make the women to think they are goddesses and must be worship because fools like you waste your time on them and let them treat you like trash.
Politics › Re: Imo State $4.2 Billion Gas Plant Set For Commissioning by PureFace1(m): 10:34am On Mar 01, 2024
mrvitalis:
If you want to depopulate Lagos

Tell tinubu to present a bill that would make all ports equal

You can import what ever you want from any port you want

That's all
Look at you talking as if every Igbo in Lagos is an importer even the dude hawking gala in Lagos traffic is talking about Port lol
Politics › Re: Imo State $4.2 Billion Gas Plant Set For Commissioning by PureFace1(m): 10:31am On Mar 01, 2024
OfficialAPCNig:
Two independent gas projects (Seplat and Shell) are currently set for completion in Imo.

Here are 8 things you need to know about this project:

1. Seplat gas project costs $700 million while Shell gas project costs $3.5 billion, totalling $4.2 billion, which is more than the GDP of Ogun State, the most industrialised state in Western Nigeria.

2. Both projects are located in the Asa North - Ohaji (ANOH) gas processing area.

3. Seplat plant will produce 300 million metric standard cubic feet of gas daily while Shell plant will produce 600 MMscfd, equivalent of 2.4 GW (not MW) of electricity.

4. At completion, Asa North - Ohaji (2 LGAs in Imo) will produce 900 MMscfd, which will make the zone Nigerian gas powerhouse and with a GDP that is about 1.2x bigger than the GDPs of Ogun and Ondo, 1.5X bigger than Oyo GDP, and 2.5x bigger than Ekiti and Osun GDPs.

5. ANOH gas zone will supply steady gas to Ogun state via a gas pipeline.

6. Shell gas project sits on a 200 hectares of land.

7. Both projects will be commissioned this year. Seplat project is due for completion on Q3 2024.

8. The Assa North and Ohaji fields contain reserves of 4.3 trillion cubic feet (Tcf) of gas in addition to 215 million barrels (Mmbbls) of condensate.

Sources:

NS Energy

Business AM

Seplat Energy
Ogun state is not the most industrialized state in South West, Lagos is then follow by Ogun state, if you can't even get that fact right then i doubt your credibility.
Romance › Re: Please Help Me, How Do I Ignore This Girl by PureFace1(m):
Fiscus105:
Deceving urself, perhaps you too weak in the game of toasting lady. If ur game is top notch, this type of girls are the one that usually fall yakata for guy. THOUGH, IF YOU ARE GOOD IN MIND GAMES AND MANIPULATING WOMAN.
Even if your game is top notch you are a fool if you think you can seduce every women.

Perhaps i'm more knowledgeable than you to know that it doesn't really worth the effort at the long run when there are plenty women that will dig you immediately out there even if she is playing hard to get i don't have time to waste on women that play stupid games and disrespect my time and I respect myself. i know that i am the prize here.

You are the one that's weak here for not realizing when a woman is just not interested in you and move on instead of wasting your time and resources away. Think about it would she reject Wizkid or Davido or even Portable ?

It is people like you that come online to wail when a woman take advantaged of you and used you. Why wouldn't they take advantage of men like you when you are just too desperate and don't understand what "No" is ? why wouldn't they disrespect you when you worship, give cheap attention, waste your time and chase them around like a dog on leash but in your delusional mind you think you are a gods player or seducer lol, you will hate yourself if you see what these women think of men like you, even if they later considered you it's because they ran out of options and they wouldn't really respect you or treat you well because they didn't really want you in the first place, you were the one chasing them around like a loyal dog.

Think about it would you really reject a beautiful woman that you are interested in and she asked you out?

Would any of these young women in Nigeria reject Wizkid, Davido or any celebrities that ask them for a date ? these women wouldn't even reject a guy with a good car.

Why wouldn't these women later act out and disrespect you when you just wouldn't take the word no, you must respect yourself first before people can respect you. You don't have any value if you think rejection is a challenge instead of moving on with your life, would wizkid or Davido, Asake waste time on a woman that reject them ? because if even a woman reject them they have thousands that will dig them.
Romance › Re: Please Help Me, How Do I Ignore This Girl by PureFace1(m): 1:37am On Mar 01, 2024
No matter how amicable a girl is toward you to the extent of thinking that she really like you romantically as long as she reject you then she's not really interested in you as you thought everything is just in your head.

Anything after a girl reject you is just a waste of time because there are several girls out there even better than her that will agree to your request immediately you ask, you just have to go and find them instead of wasting your time on someone that don't really give a fvck about you.
Romance › Re: My Babe Is Prettier Than Most Instagram Babes. But She Hates The Camera by PureFace1(m): 3:24am On Feb 29, 2024
jaxxy:
U might not know this but some very pretty girls have major insecurity with their looks or they are just introverts or private people by nature.

They don't want the attention.
Some pretty girl know they are pretty and just careful not to attract lecherous and crazy men to go after them.

There are some crazy men out there that can not just be tolerated and girls like that have experienced regarding them so they rarely engage in any attention seeking behavior.
Family › Re: Actor Tayo Adeleye Weeps As He Loses Beloved Wife | Biography by PureFace1(m): 9:31am On Feb 28, 2024
alpharoyalty:
RIP to her.
Give the man 6 months and you will start seeing him laughing all over social media with another chick.
No matter how painful a loss is life have to go on unless you want the man to also follow his deceased wife and die of depression and sadness which is a very sadistic wish to have.
Family › Re: My Ordeal In The UK With My Wife by PureFace1(m):
Rizzputin:
Normally, I don't bother advising men like you. Because you're too weak & much of a simpson to see your HUGE mistakes

Worst of all, you'll rationalise your weakness and her bad behaviour to make it feel good in your head.

But I like taking risks. So I'll go out of my way to give you my thoughts and tips. Even though my mind is telling me you won't listen.

Anyways... let's get started:

● Your wife is cheating on you. My best guess is she's doing it with this guy you call "dude"

The problem with you Simps is how you search desperately for "concrete evidence" It's laughable. Especially when the signs are there. Her blatant disrespect & disloyalty has caused you "take a risk" that firmly puts her in control of your marriage.


● Start saving money from your job to get a new apartment.

The last thing you want is to wake up one day to find out your homeless. The only reasons you're not homeless already is because of one, your kids. And two, the dude fùcking her has no interest in taking her serious. He's using your precious wife as free fun.

But she might find someone else who will take her more seriously and they'll start plotting ways to kick you out.

On that note, save up some money. And take extra jobs so you can get a new apartment and move out.


● Get a female friend or two you can be seeing as well. Even better if she buys food for you or makes one.

Few things correct a girl's behaviour like jealousy. Let her know you have options and watch her behaviour slowly adjust.

Don't make her think you're fùcking them or suggest that. But highlight qualities in your new friends that you like and she's lacking. Qualities that'll make her a better wife and mother in the marriage.

If these women get you gifts or food, even better.


● Lastly, I'd consider the option of divorce or separation in my mind.

Cause without a doubt, she's cheating. But the third point I wrote above should her to act right.


To end it all, stop being such a weak simp
You said he is not strong enough but in your comment you are also not strong enough if at that point divorce and separation is the last thing on your mind. You are a weak man if a woman walked all over and disrespected you like that and probably even cheated on you but still hoping she will change instead of looking for a way to walk away forever. These women act this way because they know men wouldn't walk away until they get seriously burn.

The disrespect from the woman should not be tolerated and the woman has already lost respect for him and the respect can not be gotten back, you said he should consider getting other women around for the hope of getting the woman to behave but how long is he going to play that kind of game ? the chance of the woman escalating things and going full bitter and vengeful is even very high, if he play that kind of game. He is just going to be stressing and deceiving himself.


If Op want to regain his dignity and sanity he should walk away now peacefully and quietly no woman can disrespect or cheat on a strong man that blatantly and get away with it. It is over forever

Once a cheater and toxic woman with no respect always a cheater and toxic woman with no respect. If a man is not strong enough to end it he should forget about her changing lol because it is impossible you should rather brace yourself for serious impact of toxic characters.
Travel › Re: I Want To Relocate To Gabon. Advice Me. I’m A Teacher by PureFace1(m): 1:40am On Feb 27, 2024
Kingpele:
Chai Gabon of all places...for whatever reason don't go to Gabon..u will suffer...I have travelled to Europe and gambia and I know that exchange rate is not much factor....look at China yuan the currency exchange rate is way less than dollar but their economy is doing better than USA ...population is key...I have a guy who travelled to Gabon for so many years..we all thought he was doing great only for him to return last year with nothing much..no wife no children and he's older than me by 3years ..now he's learning a trade in ogbete main market enugu..make japa no carry us to where we will suffer more
Chinese economy is not doing better than USA
Romance › Re: Dealing With Constant "I Love You" Statement From A Lady But She Multi-dates by PureFace1(m):
Ajheboy:
How do you deal with such lady ? Keep emphasising I don't wanna lose you, you don't trust because I do such in the past doesn't mean I still do it, we see once a week cos of my work but I feel something is off.

Keeps saying I love you, whereas I once saw her chats before we started dating of several guys she used to chat. I noticed even after we started dating she still communicate with those people. Always saying it's nothing serious, I've told her to cut off from them but she'll be like it's nothing serious.

I love you constantly, stalking my lines almost every seconds but still won't cut off from this people
I'm sure she's multi - dating because the evidence is already there. She's the type that usually have 3-5 boyfriends


When it come to the matter of women always look at their actions not what they says.

Their actions would contradict their statements when they don't really mean what they says.

For example, she is saying "I love you" constantly but still very open to other guys and seek attention from men like an attention wh0re. Your brain should tell you that she is not sincere, she will dump you after she finished all what you have and sure you have no other uses.

she's still keeping a hold on you because you suit her agenda for now and there are also some women that can never really be contented with a single man they are call attention wh0re they can't survive without validation from multiple men, they are the male version of womanizer and player. Either way it's bad news for you and an endless pit because she will never change.
Foreign Affairs › Re: Obama's Daughter, Malia Changes Surname, Drops Obama by PureFace1(m): 12:24pm On Feb 26, 2024
Obainoman6:
One thing i noticed about the kids of these overly woked parents is they always have issues am talking mental issues, i mean depression and stuffs over there its like cough if someone sneeze u can catch it unlike here in Africa
You have mental issues if you think there are no mental issues and depression in Africa.

Many Africans have committed suicide nemerous times due to depression and many are just scrapping by.

The problem with Africans is you see sufferings and smiling as a badge of honor and delusion to believe you are strong people to cope with your depression and miserable lifestyle.
Romance › Re: Reason You Should Not Date A Lady Who Is Always Uploadin Her Picture On S/media by PureFace1(m): 8:26pm On Feb 25, 2024
Odebayo4010:
If you're dating a Woman who is always uploading her pictures on social media,
Withdraw your commitment to her because she is indirectly telling you that she's available to other Man.Any Woman who is always posting pictures on social media is craving the attention of other Man
Redpill have a term for them.

They are call attention wh0re they need constant male validation to survive and one man can never be enough for them, they won't take any man seriously unless maybe you are a billionaire, a celebrity or politician and they are the one that usually have ridiculous standard for men.

No sensible guy would even wish to have anything to do with those kind of women.

Any woman that is super active on social media is a big red flag, no need for soothsayer to tell you what would happen in the future.
Culture › The Journey Of Owa Atakunmosa by PureFace1(op): 9:49am On Feb 25, 2024
#Yoruba #Ilesa #History #Akure #Benin

The Journey of Owa Atakunmosa, The legendary Owa Of Ilesa, regarded as Greatest Monarch.

Akure traditions preserve a detailed account of a series of interactions of this type among some kingdoms. According to this account, about the middle of the seventeenth century, one Owa of Ilesa, Atakunmosa, fell out with his chiefs and people. Atakunmosa slipped out of his palace and fled (before his chiefs could urge him “to go to sleep”). Fleeing south on the popular trade route, he stopped at Akure and then continued to Benin, where he stayed as an exile for a few years in the palace of the Òbà of Benin (regarded as a member of the Odùduwà family of kings). He left Benin and retraced his steps to Akure, and stayed for a few more years in the palace of the king of Akure, whose title originally was Ajapada. At Akure, he at last received his subjects’ invitation to return to Ilesa and to the throne. The traditions imply that the Òbà of Benin and the Ajapada of Akure had been interceding for him with the Ilesa chiefs. Atakunmosa thereafter reigned very successfully, remembered by Ilesa as perhaps the greatest king in its history. His stay in Akure resulted in a blood link between the Akure and Ilesa dynasties. One of Atakunmosa’s daughters married the Ajapada, and the son born of the marriage later became king of Akure. When he was a baby, this son was given the name Olufadeji by Atakunmosa. With him the title of Akure kings changed from Ajapada to Deji.

SOURCE: The History Of The Yorùbá People, S Akintoye, 2009.
Owa List below: Amongst are three Women and Haastrup is returned slave who originally was from Ilesa and returned to his home after he was brought back and became King.

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