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History. . . .

Olatunji K Ayoola JP wrote last year just before he died:

OLABISI AJALA.

Aka Ajala Travels - the first popular Nigerian traveller who toured the world on a Vespa Scooter.

His Biography
Africa’s most legendary traveller.
Moshood Adisa Olabisi Ajala popularly known in Nigeria and across the globe as Ajala the traveler was the man who toured the United States of America on a bicycle, and the world, on a motor scooter better known as Vespa.
The name, Olabisi Ajala doesn’t really rings a bell to the younger generation of Nigerians, but the older generation would certainly know all about Ajala. A man of many parts who created fame for himself through his workaholic achievements in the world we live. Ajala, who supposedly went to 87 countries in 6 years and mostly, on his bicycle.
Moshood Adisa Olabisi Ajala was born in Ghana into a Nigerian polygamous family of thirty. He was one of the twenty-five children produced by his father and his four wives. His father was a traditionalist.
Shortly after Ajala’s birth, his family moved down to Nigeria where he schooled in Baptist Academy, Lagos and Ibadan Boys’ High School. At the age of 18, Ajala went to America to further his studies where he was admitted into the University of Chicago. He started his travels in the 50s.
He was a renowned globe-trotter, socialite and free-lance journalist, described in many Nigerian songs as Africa’s greatest traveller. He put his nation, Nigeria, on the world map because of his drive to explore the unexplored and chart the uncharted.
He studied as a pre-medical student. His initial dream was to become a Medical Doctor and return to Nigeria to disparage the practice of voodoo and the people’s belief in superstitions but Ajala’s lifetime dream changed along the course of his life where he found something more interesting to him than donning lab coats and using stethoscope.
Ajala came in to the spotlight in 1952 when he went on a lecture tour across the United States of America on a bicycle covering a total of 2,280 miles. Throughout the lecture tour, Ajala dressed in the traditional attires of Nigeria, one of which was described as elaborately flowered robes with a felt-like head-dress to match.
He did this in a bid to enhance the purpose of his lecture tour which was to educate Americans about the progress of his country, Nigeria and Africa in general. He wanted to enlighten them that contrary to the popular belief held in America, Africans don’t walk about naked or covered in leaves and loin-clothes.
The news of Ajala’s bicycle tour spread across the US like wildfire and quickly made it to the dailies and television. He was described as an attractive and charismatic black man who held a degree in psychology from Columbia University and was an expert in Ethnology.
He appeared on TV wearing traditional Nigerian clothes and he managed to transform every night on the show into a celebration of his ethnic and cultural heritage. What a good heritage to tap from the life of the legend!
Ajala’s fame also landed him his big movie roles. After his bicycle tour across the US, he got his first role of ($300) per week in the movie White Witch Doctor produced by the popular 20th Century Fox Motion Picture. He played the supportive role of Ola, a companion of Loni, a famous African hunter played by Robert Mitchum. In August, 1955, he signed a movie contract with the Eagle Lion Studios of Hollywood which involved making movies with European and African backgrounds.
Ajala did not limit his tour to the USA; he visited a total of 87 countries with his scooter in 6 years. He visited countries such as Israel, Australia, India, Iran, Russia, Ghana, Cyprus, and Egypt and so on where he met with some of the greatest leaders in the world.
Ajala’s travels got him to wine and dine with heads of states and leaders, including the former Nigerian Prime Minister, Abubakar Tafawa Balewa and the Late Greek President amongst others.
Way back then in 1972, Legendary Nigerian music wizard, Chief Commander Ebenezer Obey even composed a song in the hero’s honour to immortalize him, with part of the lyrics saying:
“Ajala travels all over the world! (2ce),
Ajala travels (2ce),
Ajala travels all over the world!”
He was known as a man of many women. His marital life featured different women from different parts of the world. In 1953, a Chicago nurse named Myrtie Basset filed a paternity suit against the legend for denying being the father of their son who she claimed Ajala himself named Oladipupo and also signed his birth certificate.
Despite the lawsuit, Ajala held firmly to his ground denying being the father of the boy. He proposed a DNA test but the nurse was reluctant at first and when she eventually agreed to surrender the baby for the test, Ajala disappeared into the thin air which made the court ruled against him.
In March, 1953, a domestic court mandated Ajala to pay $10 per week for the upkeep of Oladipupo, also named Andre. That year, things did not go down well for Ajala. In March, 1953 he was arrested on the charges of forgery, grand theft and worthiness check by the police of Beverly Hills, California.
Ajala pleaded not guilty to the charges and he claimed he was duped by one Arnold Weiner who was an ex-Bank Accountant. Arnold Weiner in turn defended himself; he admitted showing Ajala how to write cheques but claimed he didn’t dupe him. However, Ajala was sentenced to one year jail term and later deported from America.
Ajala’s deportation was not solely because of the forgery charges levelled against him but also because he had failed to keep up with his studies at the Santa Monica Junior College, thus invalidating his visa, Ajala resisted deportation and protested because, according to American authorities, he feared tribal ex*****on.
The authorities said Ajala was scared of being killed by his father if he was deported back to Nigeria which led to his protest. He had climbed an 80-foot Radio Tower where he screamed that he would rather leap of his death than be deported. He protested on the tower for about 24 hours turning deaf ears to the pleas of the immigration authorities.
Ajala eventually jumped down from a height of 15-feet but was lucky to have sustained a sprained back. The authorities also said Ajala, after the tower protest, embarked on hunger strike which Ajala debunked. He claimed he was only observing the 30-day Ramadan fasting.
However, Ajala was flown to London instead of Nigeria. He had previously requested to be flown to Canada but his request was tuned down because Canada refused to approve his application.
By December, 1954, Ajala returned to America with his wife, Hermine Aileen who later divorced him in August, 1955 on the charges that he was being adulterous. In December, 1955, Ajala married a 19-year-old white London Radio-TV actress, Joan Simmons.
Olabisi Ajala got married to an Australian wife, who gave him four children and based in Australia. Like his travels, Ajala’s offspring scattered all over the world. He also has two children in the United States of America and one also in England. A legend was gone, and not honoured.
In 1999, he died in his residence, a rented apartment and his grave is in Central Lagos which is not different from any other human beings. Although it looks like Ajala had gone and already long forgotten, but thanks to his travels, his foot prints are still indelible on the sands of time.
Ajala who was the son of a traditionalist rose to a global celebrity and his name became a song sang on every lip. During his lifetime, Ajala was envied and praised by both the young and old for his courage, determination and success. What a great exit of a colossus and cynosure of all eyes!
Moshood Adisa Olabisi Ajala, the popular Nigerian traveller who toured the world on a Vespa.

Adieu

Streaming In And Live , As Expected ...Anjorin Segun.

The Mushrooming Of Conspiracy Theories.

Your takes or picks, of the outpouring of explanations from the rumour rolling mills, or could these be true supplies, to explain circumstances leading to Black Tuesday, the incinerating of properties of Asiwaju Ahmed Bola Tinubu and the sacking of Oba Akiolu's palace, will depend on how long you have been here and your level of surrendering to quality education, formal and native.

Shared, as shared...

Conspiracy Theory One:

One after the other, God is exposing them.

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How Fayemi Led Governors to Support SARS & Defame Asiwaju to Buhari

On Monday morning, October 19 after an unusually emotional weekend across Nigeria, where protesters had revealed the name of those killed over the years by the rogue police unit, the city of Abuja was experiencing an uneasy calm. I

n the weekend before, the Vice President has shocked the world when he publicly apologized to Nigerians for the errors of SARS after a week that saw their ban- announced by both the President and the IG.

Then came the enfant terrible of South West Politics. The sleazy and uncanny gap toothed Governor of Ekiti state, whose plastic smile bellies his ambition to emerge a national player in 2023 by all means, led a group of Northern Governors into a clandestine meeting with the President.

Having seen a potential opening, he went for the gauntlet as he seized the mantle of circumstance to manipulate President Buhari in their little over one hour private discussions about the movement that had rattled the establishment in the previous 10 days.

The plan was simple; Fayemi speaking on behalf of his colleagues, whom he claimed disagreed with their southern counterpart and with whom he clearly agreed, stated they needed the President to reinstate the dreaded Police Unit in their domain despite the nationwide protests.

The President, normally taciturn, listened carefully and promised to revert. He also asked Governor Fayemi to stay behind.

During his elongated meeting with the President, Fayemi was said to have nailed Asiwaju Tinubu as the real sponsor of the protests that was rocking Buhari’s presidency.

Using proof of Asiwaju’s son relationship with the technology and creative world who were leading minds behind the the protest, he told the President to leave sorting Tinubu to him.

Which set off the black operations of Tuesday, October 20.

Fayemi, whose close relationship with Nigeria’s and foreign intelligence network is well known, immediately swung into operation and found an opening in a matter of hours with a deception.

First, he leaked his meeting with the President to Asiwaju through his aides, and then seemingly boxed Asiwaju into a corner on Tuesday morning that he had to reveal his sympathies for protesters publicly while calling for an end to protest. This reportedly incensed the President.

Secondly, his security operative network, having mobilized youths the previous night in Abuja to go around marauding on behalf of the President, in which process several lives were lost including cars burnt then proceeded to activate Lagos.

This time around instead on focusing on targeting Igbos, he reportedly decided to take advantage of the gap between the curfew commencement to unleash terror on innocent protesters.

As a proof that Governor Fayemi had a hand in the plan, detachments of Black Ops soldiers moved into Ekiti as early as Monday night. A few of them were then sent to Lekki to carry out the hatchet job.

The idea behind the Lekki shooting was to insight Lagos against Tinubu and cut off the economic power base of Tinubu’s political power.

Such was the power of this narrative, that Black Ops social media handles (now mostly taken down), were the ones that promoted the initial stream of fake pictures from the Lekki protest site after the shooting.

A lot of these were later debunked later on Wednesday as the state took stock.

However, it was too late. Mob action promoted by operatives in various Whatsapp forums was busy directing attacks on various institutions of Lagos state, including homes and businesses of both the Governor and Asiwaju.

The mob action was very coordinated and aligned with the desire of Fayemi. Some evidence of dark money funding of the arsons on TVC and The Nation, were also obtained by our corespondent.

As at the time we are going to Press, the Asiwaju Tinubu political family is in deep state of mourning and are now demanding explanations from the President.

This is inclusive of a demand that the President address the nation, and the shooters be brought to book while arsons across the state controlled.

In an emotional interview granted to Channels TV on Wednesday morning, Asiwaju Tinubu confirmed that “they accused me of sponsoring the protesters last week, and now accuse me of shooting them”. Who is this “they” is what inquiring minds like to know.....

Tanko Yusuf writes from Suleja.
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Conspiracy Theory 2:

The Sacking And Ransacking Of Oba Akiolu's Palace ...

*THE INVASION OF AKIOLU'S PALACE: DANGEROUS UNDERCURRENTS.*

As the Yorùbá Nation continues to witness rampage on the Streets of Lagos, they are wondering what is going on. The troubling targeted arsons of some places in Lagos has been making everyone to wonder.

There has been many theories to explain who were the people behind the burning down of the assets belonging to the APC Leader, Alhaji Bola Tinubu and the palace of Oba Akiolu of Lagos.

But this was the undercurrent that investigation has revealed.

Currently, there is an on-going silent war of supremacy in NURTW in Lagos State. It is between the supporters of the notorious M. C. Oluomo and Kunle Poly for the leadership of the Union.

There has been a feeling among the Lagos indigenes involved in the Union that they are being shortchanged in all things under the auspices of Bola Ahmed Tinubu. His reported penchant to allegedly back foreigners against the interest of indigenes repeatedly was said to be infuriating.

Kunle Poly, an Ìsàlè-Èkó indigene was believed to have lost the leadership of NURTW to M. C. Oluomo because members of the Union were reportedly arm-twisted by Tinubu.

Tinubu was said to have initially preferred remaining neutral and allow the members make their choice of their own volition. But Seyi Tinubu had reportedly intervened on behalf of M. C. Oluomo and forced the hand of Bola Tinubu. Seyi's reason was that Oluomo has been loyal and had to be rewarded.

The supporters of Kunle Poly have not been happy about this situation.

Sources noted that Oluomo had actually shown magnanimity to Kunle Poly and was working together with him. But his (Kunle's) supporters were not assuaged. They were not satisfied.

It was these supporters who were determined to punish Tinubu for his role in installing M. C. Oluomo. Their grouse with Oba Akiolu of Lagos was that he (Akiolu) was seen as a traitor to the Ìsàlè - Èkó interests and was always supporting anything Tinubu did, no matter how hurtful such action was to their interests and fortunes.

The man who was seen in the video clip that went viral, carrying the Staff of Office of Oba Akiolu, is named Samson, an Ìsàlè-Èkó indigene. He is well known in the area and that was why nobody was bold enough to challenge him.

Samson who has been a vociferous supporter of Kunle Poly, is also the Lord of Manor at Oluwole where he supervises "owó ilè" collection. He is not an unknown quantity.

The invasion and looting of Oba Akiolu's palace seemed strongly connected to his roles in this mess. The invaders only used the current crisis as cover.

It could not be established if this had any connection with the attacks on Bola Tinubu owned companies/establishments in Lagos.
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General Announcement :

Due to Discos holding electricity (in trust for us) and President Muhammadu Buhari requesting to be allowed to serve siesta, the cooking of the Igbo connection to the Lagos and Abuja crises, is experiencing a delay, please bear with us🤣

My Take:
This nation has talents. Just that these amazing talents, are getting directed at negative values, practices and impacts, that have singled this nation out as a Nation of Impossible!

Many must be wishing by now, that they have anything to do with Nigeria, instead of answering nationals of Pluto or Mars.

No doubt, ruling over this nation, can cause ear-ache, early dementia or outright making a leader go insane.

Even as citizens, only God knows how we manage to lie in our beds and enjoy the grace of waking the following morning!

It is difficult, being a leader or the led of Nigeria. Perhaps, there is no need awaiting the arrival of another hell, or God might be adjudged harsh, to anyone born a Nigerian!

No man or woman, especially from Nigeria, must be made to taste hell twice. It will be grossly, unfair.

I sympathise with Asiwaju Ahmed Bola Tinubu, palace-less Oba Akiolu of Lagos and embattled President Muhammadu Buhari.

These men saw ordinary caps in the shop, before pointing to crowns (of thorns)!

I am returning, to come back. Or, is there any English like that, to suggest I am just taking a short break?