ODIA OFEIMUN
On July 5, 1954, a procession of about three thousand people, led by Regional Ministers of State and attended by four orchestras, I. K. Dairo’s Orchestra, Ibadan String Circle Orchestra, Central Temple’s Orchestra and Ayandola Tijani Apola Band, was on the march from the British Council area of Dugbe in Ibadan towards Mapo Radio Square at the other end of the city.
To the earth-thumbing rhythm of the spicily variegated music, tumultuous cheering greeted the throng from Lebanon Street, Amunigun, and all the way. Twenty vans of the Regional Information Service slowly careered in a pre-planned formation, ahead of, betwixt, and behind the procession. This added an official stamp to the folk-drama on the streets, apart from the presence of the ministers who, in any case, were indistinguishable from the other colourfully dressed people in the procession….
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