The 2022 edition of Ojude Oba festival, sponsored by Globacom, ended in Ijebu Ode, Ogun State, on Monday with the company presenting prizes to winners of the various competitions it organized to excite subscribers and guests at the ceremony.
In the Ojude Oba festival promotion, Globacom presented tricycles, popularly called “Keke”, to five lucky subscribers. 10 Glo customers went home with television sets, while ten others were presented with grinding machines.
In the Regberegbe competition which was one of the key features of Globacom’s sponsorship of the festival, Egbe Obayori Okunrin Asiwaju emerged the best dressed age grade and won N500,000, while Egbe Tobalase Okunrin and Egbe Bobamayegun won N300,000 and N200,000 respectively as first and second runners-up in the male category. Egbe Bobamayegun Obinrin Asiwaju came first with Egbe Arobayo Obinrin and Egbe Tobalase Obinrin emerging as runners-up in the female category, winning the same prizes as their male counterparts.
Also in the Balogun contest, Balogun Kuku was adjudged the best in skills and dexterity on their horses, while Balogun Odunuga and Balogun Gamugasa came second and third winning N500,000, N300,000 and N200,000 respectively.
19-year-old Oluwafunmilade Osotekun, a student of Federal University of Agriculture, Abeokuta, emerged Miss Ojude Oba 2022 in the beauty pageant, and received N150,000 cash prize and Glo gift items. Christiana Adenike Ogunwusi, 23, of Ogun State College of Health Technology, Ilese Ijebu, came second to win N100,000, while 23-year-old beautician, Ogunsanwo Nafisat Abisola, came third, winning N50,000.
The Awujale of Ijebuland, Oba Sikiru Kayode Adetona, applauded Globacom for its consistent support for the Ojude Oba Festival since 2006, noting that it had added immense value to the age-old annual event.
The monarch in an address on his behalf by the Chairman, Ojude Oba Planning Committee, Dr. Fassy Adetokunbo, described Dr. Adenuga as an icon who took pride in the value systems and cultures of Nigeria.
