AN INTERVIEW WITH FOUNDER, EKO ONI BAJE NEW YAM AMD WRESTLING FESTIVAL

I was born in Anambra state, in a place called Uke in Idemili Local government Area,  born on Onye (Market) day, Uke comprises of 9 villages, my father was an importer, later a clearing agent, it was in 1993, during Buhari era, he revoke their licence and things start getting hard for the family, paying our school fees to become difficult. because my mother was a strong woman in CWO in the Catholic church, Late Monsignor A.O Ajele, the then rector of Ohalu Seminary have to take me to start living with them as Father’s Boy, because my family saw me as a stubborn boy, so they want the church to help them.

The church paid my school fees, I was there when the Pope came to Nigeria in 1982, about 12 years old then, I was born on August 18, 1970.

Nobody can say how he or she got to where he is, everyone has one or two-story of his life because life itself is full of ups and down, once you are at the seminary school, even when you don’t want to be a Rev.Father, then you should be ready to find your way out.

Although then I will not say I am super intelligent, after my junior school at St.Paul seminary to Ohalu seminary, I was among the students chosen to be teaching others, once you are chosen that means you are good. I have to leave the seminary school without their knowledge because I have a plan to go to France.

Having to make my decision in time because if not I will find myself in the bigger seminary in Enugu, that is the reason I left, and I told my family that I am not continuing with the seminary school, my mother was like until you bury me. at the seminary school I was among the big theatre group, there was something I did at the seminary school and they were so surprised, it was like you are doing Juju, you know I told you about this spiritual thing, the more you look the less you see, during the feast of all saint, we use to do feast of Ohalu youth, I set up my own group.

The climax of it was to use Basket to fetch water and give it to everybody to see and after they call me that I am doing ritual then I reply them by saying, (I thought they have faith), what is a fetish and what is spiritual, what I am doing is Just an Art, so they said I should show them and I told them that I don’t use to show who is in the masquerade but since they insist, I have to show them since then, there is nothing they want to do that I am not invited unless I don’t have the chance to go.

Another thing I did is an agent because I understand that nobody wants to give you money and I have big chiefs around, the only thing they will do for you buys you a beer, so I involve myself into Land, using the acting sense to do the land business.

If you tell me what you want to do with the land, I know the type of Land to show you and if I want to show you the land I will take you through the best root the beetroot, You know we have bad roads in Nigeria, I will find a way to take you through the road even if it is farther, we must smoothly get to the Land, not pointing hands. And it has been working for me.

There was a pastor who is older than me, he came to Lagos to start another church and he had a problem with a banker, a banker gave him 10million naira for something and that thing did not work out and he was invited at panti area ……………. he has already spent a month there before I was involved, the pastor invited me, and he had a landed property.

I went to panti to see him, he now asked me to sell those land for him so that he will gain his freedom, so we reduced the price because we are not looking for profit again, I carry the buyer, lawyer and every other person involved to panti, they paid the money in panti and the pastor was released and follow NM home

The I.G then called

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