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EARLY YEARS
F
or High Chief Jas Adebiyi
Idowu Oyekan and Madam.
Fowobola Omikunle
Oyekan, April 21th, 1946, was no
ordinary day. it was the day their
first child (the seventh of his father,
the forth of his mother) was born.
High Chief Jas Adebiyi and Madam
Fowobola Oyekan had gotten
married after she was bestowed
on him after the death of her
husband, the marriage produced
two children: Kolawole Abiodun
Oyekan and Folorunso Ezekiel
Oyekan.
Baba started out as a tobacco leaf
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SIGNAGE.NG
trader at Ado-Odo before he was
called upon by his kinsmen for the
Chieftaincy tittle; the Adele-Olu of
Ilaro, th e trad itio n al p rime
minister of Ilaro, (the regent to the
Olu of Ilaro: who is the paramount
ruler of Yewaland; which include
Ajilete, Oko-Odon, Owode, Ibese,
Oja Odan, Pahayi, Idogo-Ipaja,
Papa-Alanto amd Imasayi).
He is also a large cocoa farmer with
several hecters of land and a
Justices of Peace while Mama was
a commercial trader, she later on
opened a food restuarant which
earned her the popular nickname
“Iya-eleba”.