Those who have encountered His Royal Majesty, Oba Hameed Adekunle Oyelude, the Olowu of Owu Kuta, Osun State, would attest to his intelligence and brilliance.
In fact, his knowledge of the arts, sciences, current affairs and world politics always leave many in awe.
All his life , he has never trivialized the importance of friendship. In fact, if making friends were to be a sport , the revered monarch’s house would have been flooded with trophies and medals.
When he started out many years ago as businessman and contactor , he made many friends across the country and he has remained loyal to his friends.
In particular, when his path crossed that of Nigeria’s former Military President, Ibrahim Badamosi Babangida, they chummed up immediately.
The friendship was further cemented when Babangida nursed the ambition of contesting for the president of Nigeria in 2003.
Then, Oyelude was the National Chairman of IBB vision 2003, a job he did very well. He was able to wormed himself into Babangida’s heart with his sense of organisation, wisdom and intelligence.
The monarch who speaks many Nigeria’s languages also met other top and influential Nigerians during that period such as Abubakar Adamu Kazaure , who was the secretary of IBB vision 2003 among several others who are today the movers and shakers in the country.
In reminiscence, IBB was said to have influenced him in a lot of ways so much so that he was instrumental to him becoming king of his hometown.
Since he ascended the throne, he has been using his influence to ensure the development of the town.
The monarch, who is friends with the former Chief of Army Staff, Gen. Buratai, also reportedly influenced the Nigerian Army to construct the age-long Osun Bridge on Kuta- Ede Road, which has now eased movement and encouraged trading among the people of the two towns as well as other towns around.
It was gathered that the Tegbosun III had committed and made a lot of social investments towards developing Kuta and promoting her, globally.
He single-handedly built a police station, procured a patrol van in Owu Kuta and expended the sum of N6 million on the channelization of waterways as well as the control of Erosion at Isale Oba in Kuta.
He is also said to have scored a first by building a N75million ultra-modern community palace, where he lives.
Today, he is loved by his people for influencing the construction of Kuta Railway Station road and also securing job placements for numerous sons and daughters of Owu in different federal government agencies. This is made possible by the power of his high-wired connections.
