Residents and visitors were amazed at
the level of advancement of the people who were thought to be so ‘traditional’ or
rather outmoded. This mesmerizing thought however, was considered inferior by
the people in question as they made it clearly known that
change is unremitting.
Agunbiade Street has a history of being
so culturally preserved, although, they still are but not as they were in eight
years ago. A total number of 3 carnivals have been held on Agunbiade Street.
The Muti Aje-Ro Progressive Boyz Club earlier
known as Kpaiko and whose slogan is almost similar to that of our dear country
Nigeria - Unity, love and progress - were the organizers of their indigenous Kirikiri
carnival. They are the same people who are behind the Egunu festival which is the
delight of every little child because they feel happy and scared at the same
time when being chased by the Egenu (masquarade). Muti Ajer-ro means ‘think
about wealth’ but could be further explained as ‘he who works hard must benefit’.
The father of the day was Chief Wahab
A.S. Agunbiade who is the Baale of Kirikiri town. Artists invited were Remi
Aloko and one of Kirikiri town’s top 10 artists School boy. The stage was
already set 8 hours before the program and it was located in some meters close
to the Egunu house. There was a time when some military men climbed on the
stage to make a peace announcement to all. There was several security measures
put in place by the organizers.
The organizers set up chairs and tables
in a rope barricaded manner that looked like those used for a boxing ring and
that was where VIP’s were seated. It was quite witty seeing everyone congregate
once again for a carnival even when the festive atmosphere was fast fading
away. Just as all other carnival trend, the Muti Aje-ro Progressive Boyz Club members
were all putting on an identical blue T-shirt which was customized bearing the
name of the club, individual names at the back and lastly a picture depicting a
bag of overflowing currency presumed to be US. Dollars.
When Kirikiri town family spoke with
the chairman of the club Mr. Wasiu Badmus, he expressed his warmest cognizance and
further stated that things changed and civilization is the watchword for their
recent upgrade. The president, Mr. Ojo also enlightened us that this is the
second edition of the carnival and it was better than the previous because a
big star will perform live in Kirikiri town. One of the organizers who happen
to be one of the Baale’s sons made Kirikiri news understand that the first
street jam/carnival in Kirikiri town started in Agunbiade Street.
Their level of togetherness must be
commended. They event witnessed about 500 people in attendance. Nevertheless it
ended at 5am and we look forward to the next episode.
Our motto remains…Upgrading Standards.
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