hehehehe.........Probably you never knew that Nigeria's ex-President, Olusegun Obasanjo, is the grand patron of the Supreme Kegites Club of Nigeria. The 80-year-old ex-President, was pictured gyrating with his club mates in Abeokuta, Ogun State.
The Kegites club or the palm wine club is the most popular
socio-cultural club in the Nigeria. The club originated from the
University of Ife ile ife (now known as obafemi awolow university). The
club was formally formed in (1962). The club had its 1st chief in the
person of PROFESSOR OLUSEGUN ADESHINA. Incidentally, since the
formation, the club has undergone various kinds of transformations. For
instance, the club had its 1st female member (okpeke) in the person of
L.S.F DUKPE AJAY. She was the 1st female to join the club in (1968).
In (1974), the club started spreading to other schools in Nigeria with
Ilya Du Tractor (Federal College of Agriculture Akure Ondo State
Nigeria) as the first Ilya to get a Keg of Office
(accreditation) from the World Headquaters. While the first Ilya to get a
Keg of Office in Imo-Abia hemisphere is Ilya du Kokoroko (Fed.
University of Agric. Umudike, Abia State).
In 1986, Chief ANTHONY UZODINMA OGIDI became the first and only Igbo man
to be made a World Chief, and it was during his one year reign that the
name of the Club was changed from Palm Wine Drinkards Club to Kegites
Club International. This change was basically because members of the
club were being connoted to be drunkards and irresponsible people.
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