Kayode Sule, son of the Chief Medical Director of Lafia Hospital, Apata, Ibadan, Oyo State, who was shot and kidnapped by suspected herdsmen, has been released. Two…
Some Nigerian Army personnel have reportedly killed one person and injured another during a sporadic shootout in Apata, Ibadan, the Oyo State capital. An eyewitness said that the incident occurred in the early hours of Saturday, saying that they only saw soldiers’ vehicles pass through Brent, and all they heard were gunshots. “Everyone ran for their lives; some lay on the floor to prevent stray bullets,” an eyewitness told Nigerian Tribune.
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If you plan to build your house like that of Adebisi, you might end up not building any house at all” is a recurring phrase in Ibadan. It is employed to sermonise people to avoid unaffordable show-off.
The owner of that first-of-its-kind, one-of-a-kind residential building being referred to in that expression is Sanusi Adebisi, one of the wealthiest men of his time, during the colonial era. He died 83 years ago – on 23 January, 1938.
A visit to the mansion in Idikan on Wednesday showed that modernity has done so little to prevent the building from still standing tall in that heart-of-the-city community. The architectural design still exuded class.