The founder of the First City Monument Bank Otunba, Dr Olasubomi Balogun, has stated that his love for Ijebu and the people pushed him to sponsor the Ojude Oba festival in Ijebu Ode, Ogun State.
According to The PUNCH, the company has sponsored the festival annually for close to two decades, with the 2022 edition themed, ‘The Return of Ojude Oba’ after a two-year break occasioned by the COVID-19 pandemic.
Speaking shortly before the event in his Ijebu Ode home, Balogun said, “God gave me FCMB and FCMB is part of me. FCMB must be interested in anything I am interested in.
The only way we can show appreciation to the founders and progenitors (of Ijebu people) is to participate in all the traditional undertakings that bring to the fore the culture and origins of the Ijebu. It is a unique event and I am very much involved.
“As a patriotic Ijebu, as soon as we started building branches, I brought FCMB here and the people have been patronising the bank.”
Some entertainers were also on hand at the festival to dish out good music to their fans.
Veteran fuji singer, Adewale Ayuba, took many fans down memory lane as he belted off some of his old songs. He also brought them back to speed, climaxing with his latest singles, ‘Koloba Koloba’ and ‘Sibimi
