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This is the time we remember one of the greatest Ibusa chiefs who ever lived.

 IN MEMORY OF UWOLO WILLY IKOLODO


This is the time we remember one of the greatest Ibusa chiefs who ever lived.



He was a glamorous man


He was a powerful man with commanding influence


He was fearsome and smart and people submitted to him even without battle


He not only popularized the Igbuzo Uwoloship but gave it attention


He remains the only Anioma indigene in history who took Anioma's Onotu (or warchief position) to the House of Representatives. 


He remains the only Ibusa man elected at the House of Representatives so far


"He probably built the first multi-purpose complex in Ibusa."


"He probably was one of the first to build a post-primary school in Ibusa." 


"He was an employer of labour and many Ibusa people benefited from his empowerment." 


A pioneer in facility management in Nigeria. 


"A prominent politician who contested and won a credible election that was shortly truncated by GMB in December 1983."


He named his commercial house in Lagos, "Ibusa House," thus giving the Ibusa community a deserving attention before the world in the City of Excellence.


His house was a Mecca of Ibusa sons and daughters.


Above all, he was always in the mouth of my mother, Mrs. Nwasiwe Esogbue who was always proud of the Isagba kinship shared by them. 


His visit to our Lagos home was party-like and remains memorable in my life.


"To the well-organized mind, death is but the next great adventure."

― J.K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone


Rest in peace!


Hon Chief Willy Ukadike Ikolodo, great and demised Uwolo of Ibusa


Yours Nwada, Pen Master (Emeka Esogbue)

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