…𝒍𝒂𝒚𝒔 𝒇𝒐𝒖𝒏𝒅𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏 𝒐𝒇 𝒆𝒊𝒈𝒉𝒕 𝒖𝒏𝒊𝒕𝒔 𝒐𝒇 𝒕𝒘𝒐 𝒃𝒆𝒅𝒓𝒐𝒐𝒎 𝒇𝒍𝒂𝒕𝒔
The Lisa Aje of Egbaland and 2023 gubernatorial candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party in Ogun State, Hon. (Dr) Oladipupo Adebutu, has donated ₦100M housing project to the Egba Muslim Council comprising of eight units of two-bedroom flats each at Kobiti, Sodeke Titun in abo area of Abeokuta North Local Government with foundation laying on Thursday, 31st July, 2025.
The housing project is part of the implementation of the Egba Muslim Council’s plan to expand the Egba Central Mosque at Kobiti, Abeokuta which currently lacks sufficient space to serve the growing Muslim population in Egbaland.
Noting that the proposed expansion will require demolition of residential buildings around the Central
Mosque, after due consultation with the residents in the neighborhood who volunteered to release their houses for the expansion purpose, the Council resolved to provide alternative buildings where the affected residents can be relocated.
Hon. Adebutu’s intervention was well appreciated by the Chief Imam of Egbaland, who was represented by Alhaji Dawood Afuape, the Olori Ratidi of Egbaland and second in command to the Chief Imam of Egbaland. 𝑯𝒆 𝒅𝒆𝒔𝒄𝒓𝒊𝒃𝒆𝒅 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒅𝒐𝒏𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏 𝒂𝒔 𝒂 𝒄𝒐𝒎𝒑𝒂𝒔𝒔𝒊𝒐𝒏𝒂𝒕𝒆 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒕𝒊𝒎𝒆𝒍𝒚 𝒈𝒆𝒔𝒕𝒖𝒓𝒆 𝒘𝒉𝒊𝒄𝒉 𝒘𝒊𝒍𝒍 𝒆𝒏𝒔𝒖𝒓𝒆 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒇𝒂𝒎𝒊𝒍𝒊𝒆𝒔 𝒂𝒇𝒇𝒆𝒄𝒕𝒆𝒅 𝒃𝒚 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒅𝒆𝒗𝒆𝒍𝒐𝒑𝒎𝒆𝒏𝒕 𝒂𝒓𝒆 𝒓𝒆𝒍𝒐𝒄𝒂𝒕𝒆𝒅 𝒘𝒊𝒕𝒉 𝒅𝒊𝒈𝒏𝒊𝒕𝒚.
In his words, “𝑳𝒊𝒔𝒂 𝑨𝒋𝒆 𝑬𝒈𝒃𝒂 𝒑𝒓𝒐𝒎𝒊𝒔𝒆𝒅 𝒕𝒐 𝒃𝒖𝒊𝒍𝒅 𝒉𝒐𝒖𝒔𝒆𝒔 𝒇𝒐𝒓 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒂𝒇𝒇𝒆𝒄𝒕𝒆𝒅 𝒇𝒂𝒎𝒊𝒍𝒊𝒆𝒔 𝒃𝒚 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒆𝒙𝒑𝒂𝒏𝒔𝒊𝒐𝒏 𝒑𝒓𝒐𝒋𝒆𝒄𝒕 𝒐𝒇 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝑬𝒈𝒃𝒂 𝑪𝒆𝒏𝒕𝒓𝒂𝒍 𝑴𝒐𝒔𝒒𝒖𝒆 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒕𝒐𝒅𝒂𝒚, 𝒉𝒆 𝒊𝒔 𝒌𝒆𝒆𝒑𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒕𝒐 𝒉𝒊𝒔 𝒑𝒓𝒐𝒎𝒊𝒔𝒆, 𝒕𝒉𝒆 ₦100 𝒎𝒊𝒍𝒍𝒊𝒐𝒏 𝒅𝒐𝒏𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏 𝒘𝒊𝒍𝒍 𝒇𝒖𝒍𝒍𝒚 𝒇𝒖𝒏𝒅 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒄𝒐𝒏𝒔𝒕𝒓𝒖𝒄𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏 𝒐𝒇 𝒆𝒊𝒈𝒉𝒕 𝒎𝒐𝒅𝒆𝒓𝒏 𝒉𝒐𝒖𝒔𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒖𝒏𝒊𝒕𝒔 𝒘𝒊𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒔𝒂𝒎𝒆 𝒄𝒐𝒎𝒎𝒖𝒏𝒊𝒕𝒚, 𝒑𝒓𝒆𝒔𝒆𝒓𝒗𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒔𝒐𝒄𝒊𝒂𝒍 𝒕𝒊𝒆𝒔 𝒘𝒉𝒊𝒍𝒆 𝒔𝒖𝒑𝒑𝒐𝒓𝒕𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒄𝒐𝒖𝒏𝒄𝒊𝒍’𝒔 𝒊𝒏𝒇𝒓𝒂𝒔𝒕𝒓𝒖𝒄𝒕𝒖𝒓𝒂𝒍 𝒈𝒓𝒐𝒘𝒕𝒉”.
He also noted that this is just one of the many contributions by the Adebutu family to the development of Egbaland. According to Chief Afuape, their efforts span across various sectors, 𝒊𝒏𝒄𝒍𝒖𝒅𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒄𝒐𝒏𝒔𝒕𝒓𝒖𝒄𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏 𝒐𝒇 𝒔𝒕𝒂𝒏𝒅𝒂𝒓𝒅 𝒉𝒂𝒍𝒍𝒔 𝒊𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝑨𝒃𝒆𝒐𝒌𝒖𝒕𝒂 𝑺𝒑𝒐𝒓𝒕𝒔 𝑪𝒍𝒖𝒃 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝑨𝒃𝒆𝒐𝒌𝒖𝒕𝒂 𝑪𝒍𝒖𝒃, 𝒃𝒖𝒊𝒍𝒅𝒊𝒏𝒈𝒔 𝒂𝒄𝒓𝒐𝒔𝒔 𝒉𝒊𝒈𝒉𝒆𝒓 𝒊𝒏𝒔𝒕𝒊𝒕𝒖𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏𝒔 𝒊𝒏 𝑬𝒈𝒃𝒂𝒍𝒂𝒏𝒅, 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒑𝒓𝒐𝒗𝒊𝒔𝒊𝒐𝒏 𝒐𝒇 𝒘𝒆𝒍𝒍-𝒆𝒒𝒖𝒊𝒑𝒑𝒆𝒅 𝒓𝒐𝒐𝒎𝒔 𝒊𝒏 𝒉𝒐𝒔𝒑𝒊𝒕𝒂𝒍𝒔 𝒘𝒊𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒏 𝑨𝒃𝒆𝒐𝒌𝒖𝒕𝒂, 𝒂𝒎𝒐𝒏𝒈 𝒐𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒓𝒔.
Egba Muslim Council also praised Adebutu’s continued commitment to the people of Egbaland. “This is not just a donation, it’s a reaffirmation of identity,” one community elder remarked. “Ladi has once again shown us that he is not only a leader by title, but by heart and heritage.”
Adebutu, whose ancestral roots traced back to Ijeun Akoni in Odeda Local Government, is widely recognized as a true son of the soil, with a consistent track record of grassroots engagement and philanthropy across Ogun State.
The foundation laying of the housing units has indicated that the construction and delivery of the buildings will happen soon.
