The Ekefa Olubadan of Ibadanland and Maye Olubadan of Ibadanland-designate, High Chief Lekan Alabi, paid a courtesy visit to the Nigerian High Commissioner to the United Kingdom, His Excellency, Ambassador Sarafa Ishola – a practice he started in 1976 as a student of the College of Journalism, Fleet Street, London, in conformity with the mandatory requirement of the then Nigerian Students Advisory Board that every student studying abroad must register with the High Commission of their respective host countries.
Alabi’s last visit to the Commission was in 2016 when Dr. Dalhatu Tafida was the High Commissioner. The 2016 visit was in his capacity as the Chairman of the Otunba (Dr.) Sunday Adeniyi Adegeye “KSA Festival 2016” Planning Committee, accompanied by the legendary television presenter Julie Coker.
The highlight of the visit, last week, is the presentation to the host, the guest’s biography loye ‘Lekan Alabi…An Unbelievable Life, authored by Emeritus Professor O.B.C Nwolise, a former Head of the Political Science Department, University of Ibadan.
During last Monday visit, Oloye Alabi was accompanied by his first son, Aremo Olayemi Alabi, a UK-based barrister. Also in his company was a veteran Nigerian broadcaster now based in the UK, Muyiwa Adekunle, popularly known as Bubblemaster, as well as the former Chairman of the Central Association of Nigerians in the UK (CANUK), Comrade Bimbo Roberts Folayan. The team was warmly received by Ambassador Sarafa Ishola, who praised Oloye Alabi for his high sense of patriotism and kindness.
