OGBENI Oja Bayo Kuku is a lawyer who many want to associate with. The man of means and pillar of prosperity who was educated in United Kingdom and United States of America is heart warmingly simple.
For him, there are no success secrets. ‘May God guide us unto the right path, and not the way of the accursed so that we may escape His wrath,’ he states about the pursuit of success...

WHAT is the significance of the title - Ogbeni Oja, and how did it originate?

Ogbeni Oja has been in existence for many, many years. About 300 years ago long before (Ogbeni Oja Adeola) Odutola came into office. He made his research and he found that it's the most popular, most famous office a true and sincere Ijebu can be conferred. So, he fought for it. At one stage, he said he was not going to accept it but after a lot of persuasion, he decided to accept. And people now started saying, Ogbeni oja ja ja gba. That is, that at long last, he has accepted. People in Ijebu are very proud of that office.

You said Oja ja jagba?

Yes. Oja ja ja gba, because it took them a long time before they could persuade him to take over the office. And they don't worship any idol. Very clean. Those are the things that attracted Chief T. A. Odutola to that office.

What does it actually mean, is it the pillar of prosperity or the guardian of the market place, for the sake of correct translation?

Market in the olden days was regarded as a centre of activities, but more or less as a place where you could make and unmake...