Other Facts

G. Bawa ruled with a vision and his mission was to make Ogoriland a model and to encourage his people to hold an enviable place in the Nigerian society. His own ingenuity made him to rub shoulders with national politicians. In 1963, he headed the Northern Nigerian Members of Parliament team that visited the UK. Photographs and documents show his meeting with Lords and Nobles as well as Mayors, among whom were the "Mayoress of Liverpool who admired his royal regalia"- as he wrote at the back of the photograph. His return to the country was greeted with a heroic welcome by Ogori people.

Additional Facts

1. Ologori Bawa Akerejola was once asked to speak at a function in House of Chiefs on behalf of the region because the head of the  delegation could not speak English, and he was the Paramount ruler from the region with the highest educational background.

2. The very first transistor radio to enter the land was brought by Baba Bawa.

3. On his return to Nigeria from the UK visit in 1963, Ebira masquerade and many other neighborhood towns trooped out to welcome him.

4. The Okun people show respect to Ogori people till today because of the charisma of Baba Eminefo ll at that time.

5. It was Ologori Bawa Akerejola that first engaged the service of the late Chief Awolowo as a lawyer and brought him to Ogoriland.

From the archives of the federal ministry of information at Lord Lugard house Kaduna