Lasisi Alabi Atinuke Oseni Aiyesoro
There was a year, it was reported that Ogun river wanted to visit Alake of Egbaland at his palace in Abeokuta. The Yemoja worshippers announced it, this could had been the disaster. There was no antidotes from the traditional worshippers, No sacrifice was recommended for the goddess of Ogun river but rather than, the reason given that Yemoja was angry.
The water had started to move towards Alake palace, but the devoted, brave and fearless Alfas and Imams of Egbaland brought out their holy Qur'ans to cast aspersions and stopped Iyemoja, the goddess of water. Since then, Ogun River has not passed its boundaries where the Egbas wanted it to be. It was the aggressive flowing of Ogun river that time that destroyed the beautiful hotel, brothel built by Lasisi Alabi Atinuke Oseni, also known as Aiyesoro, Apatẹmata.
(Aiyesoro house)
Photo credit: Abiodun Lasile
When the Ogun river destroyed Kano hotel (bordello) which was located at Ago ika area of Abeokuta, Aiyesoro angrily acquired lands beside the river bank to build the mighty hotels, ( Olowo Fowosedo, that was how the area was named) but Government stopped him so as to avert disaster. The foundation and the strong pillars and culverts of the mighty hotel are still there at Ogun river bank undemolised.
This is the foundation of Kano Hotel which was stopped by government.
(I took this picture exactly 5:30p.m today)
The man called Apatẹmata was known for his exaggerated and uncommon way of trading, to the extent that if someone wanted to buy ordinary small commodity from his stores, he would ask for the background of his buyer. Where was he coming from? Who were his parents in this town? How richer was he? Ọmọ tani ẹ nilẹ yi? This made people to give him sobriquet, Apatẹmata (Someone who exhibits wares without selling)
Whenever the Ẹkẹrin of Ọjọọ Gbagura, Egbaland, Chief Lasisi Aiyesoro was going to Eid prayer at Lantoro Eid ground for the Muslims festival, he would put on Agbada clothes and drove his long and open-roof Cadillac De Ville convertible car, the vehicle's horn would be making sound... Aiye-soro, Aiye-soro. This horn would be calling attentions of the people in the areas that Apatẹmata was going for Eid prayer.
Chief Lasisi Oseni married 7 wives; they were Salamot, Nimotallahi, Wulemot, Safurat, Saidat, Isiwat, Adufe. He had many Children. He was socialite and philanthropist, musicians around that time waxed record for him, they included Yusuff Olatunji (Volume 20) Akogun njaye...ile Alabi, ile Oba.
Chief Lasisi's mighty building, Ẹkẹrin of Ọjọọ House is still one of the beautiful houses and tall building in Abeokuta till date. It is located at Fowosedo Ikereku area via Enu gada to Lafenwa in Abeokuta.
Mr. James Adedamola said "It was not Ayiesoro Hotel Building at Enu Gada that make the Area Fowosedo. It was a Two storey Building Stone Wall after the Old Kano Hotel Adjacent to The New One that Derived the Area Fowosedo"
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