By Ibrahim A. Jagaba
Twelve years after Agege based non governmental organisation (NGO), the Agege Molebi United Forum, was established, a new dawn has officially begun for the Forum, with a history-making inauguration of its first elected executive committee, on Saturday, 21 June, 2025, in Lagos.
The epoch-making inauguration ceremony, was held in the heart of Agege, at No 20, Market Street, Gbogunleri, Isale-Oja, Agege, the official secretariat of the Forum, otherwise known as Babaloke Villa.
The 10-member Executive Committee, led by Dr. Afolabi Abiodun Tajuddeen, Special Adviser to the Lagos State Governor on Legislature, Politics and Civic Engagement, was administered the oath of office and sworn in by Barrister Shola Animashaun, a respected legal practitioner and prominent member of the Agege-based club.
The occasion was attended by dignitaries from all over the world including, America, Europe, as well as professionals, in diverse disciplines; they include: Agegerian and the Speaker of the Lagos State house of assembly, Rt. Honorable Mudashiru Ajayi Obasa, who was represented by his son, AbduGaniyu Vinod Obasa, who incidentally is the Vice Chairmanship candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Agege, in the forthcoming Lagos State local council elections; global President of Anwar-ul-Islam College Agege Old Students Association (ACAOSA), Dr. Agboola Afolabi Fatai; CSP Akerele Adetayo, Chairman, Lagos State Environmental Sanitation and Special Offences Enforcement Unit (Taskforce); Honourable Jubril Adedeji Abdulkareem, member representing Agege State Constituency II at the Lagos State House of Assembly, Alausa; High Chief Rashid Kuku, Baale, Gbogunleri Isale-Oja; ACG Tunji Aremu (rtd), oil and gas magnate; Mr. Yomi Okundalaiye, UK based entrepreneur; Barr, Shola Animashaun; and Mr. Kenneth Mabunmi, USA based entrepreneur amongst others.
The newly sworn-in Executive Committee has: Dr. Afolabi Abiodun Tajuddeen, as its President; Rafiu Muhammed, a banker, as Vice President; Jimoh Nurudeen Olalekan, a telecom infrastructure security consultant, as General Secretary; Wale Adeniyi, anipr, a media practitioner, as a
Assistant General Secretary; Dr. Waseelah Omobola Tijani, an educationist, currently lecturing at OAU, Ife, as Treasurer; Kamal Adalemo, a realtor, as Financial Secretary; Laketu Samsideen, a business consultant, as Social and Welfare Secretary; Opeyemi Oyetola, an entrepreneur, as Publicity Secretary; Comrade Olatunde Owoeye-Wise, a rights crusader and furniture supplier, as Chief Whip and Akin-Ajayi Akinkunle, a lawyer, as Legal Adviser.
Delivering his inaugural speech, Dr. Afolabi expressed appreciation to the Board of Trustees (BOT) for their steadfastness, wise counsel, and unwavering support throughout the process that brought AMUF to a defining moment; he added that, BOT’s guidance remained the bedrock of the Forum’s progress and unity.
He commended the electoral committee for upholding diligence, transparency, and professionalism, values he asserted, ensured the delivery of a seamless election, attesting to the dedication and integrity invested in the entire process.
The AMUF President also commended and appreciated members, saying, their participation, encouragement, and belief in the electoral process, was inspiring. The president added that, his emergence was not a lone victory but a collective mandate that signified a shared vision for growth, unity, and continued development for Agege and Agegerians.
Dr Afolabi, seized the moment to appreciate all the dignitaries that honoured the forum with their rare presence.
Relying on the legal privileges provided for his office in the Forum’s constitution, the AMUF President, formally pronounced Chairman of the occasion… and AbduGaniyu Vinod Obasa, as new members during the occasion.
Agege Molebi United Forum (AMUF), is the proverbial child of the circumstance, pioneered and founded by Assistant Commissioner of Police (ACP) Saheed Olayinka Egbeyemi, a proud Agegerian, Molebian and ACP in charge of Operations at the Zone 2 Command of the Nigeria Police Force, Onikan, Lagos.
The Forum was created to change the negative narratives about Agege and present the underreported, exemplary stories of the Agege community.
The Forum has since risen to prominence for humanitarian service, educational support initiatives to indigent pupils across schools in Agege, relief materials supplies to correctional centre inmates, anti cultism, anti electoral violence and anti social vices campaign and crusades across the Agege nation, a cause that has contributed immensely to the reduction of anti social conducts and reinforcement of public peace, order and sanity in Agege generally, as conveyed in ACP Egbeyemi’s opening remarks at the inauguration ceremony
