He was Born and Trained with the Royalty, His Blessed and Well Mentored by the last Mature and Masculine Awujale of Ijebuland of High Reputation and Tremendous Integrity Oba Sikiru Kayode Adetona, GCON.
The characteristics of a potential mature masculine King in his fullness, He is centered. Throughout history, destiny and cultures have often placed the King at the center of the universe, not desperation and unnecessary social media full with propaganda. From him radiated all of existence. The ancient king represented the spiritual center of the realm, as the intermediary between heaven and earth. Through his divine powers, the king brought order to the universe by reconciling opposite forces. Myths abound of kings battling evil demonic creatures and establishing order in chaos.
One of the functions of an ancient kings was to bless those whom they led. As intermediaries between the gods and earth, the king had the power to bless his people so that they might prosper, just as the late Awujale Oba Sikiru Kayode Adetona GCON did to Omoba Ademorin Kuye. In the Holy Spiritual Books, both the Qur’an and Bible, we can read several accounts of the great patriarchs leaving a father’s blessing on their posterity before dying.
We often associate “blessing” with a religious act. While a man certainly accesses the King archetype by giving a father’s blessing to his children, just like Jacob and Isaac did, he can also bless others around him in other ways that aren’t necessarily religious. Simply recognizing and honouring others for their achievements is a way we can bless others. As we get older, I think we take for granted the power that a kind word can have on a young person’s life. That’s the power of blessing in action, which uplifts and edifies others.
Hon Prince Otunba Ademorin Alliu Kuye was well mentored, fortified and blessed by his grandfather, who was a King from the Fusengbuwa and the immediate past Awujale of Ijebuland, late Oba Sikiru Kayode Adetona GCON, Anikilaya 1, Ogbagba II, Awujale Akile-Ijebu which dignifies Prince Ademorin Kuye apart his noble royal birth from two ruling houses among the four ruling houses in Ijebuland and among the other contestants for the stool of Awujale of Ijebuland.
_“Young men today are starving for blessing from older men, starving for blessing from the King energy. This is why they can not, as we say, “get it together.” They can’t be mixing a political contest and unnecessary social media with culturally oriented and traditional contest. They need to be oriented, educated, mentored, and blessed. They need to be seen by the King not reading about kings in a published book or national newspaper because if they are, something inside will come together for them. That is the effect of blessing; it heals and makes whole. That’s what happens when we are seen and valued and concretely rewarded for our legitimate talents and abilities.”_
Unlike a king who creates and blesses others, the Tyrant seeks to destroy and tear down. Plagued by narcissism and desperations, he really does think that he sits at the center of the universe. The Tyrant wrongly believes that power is finite; he has a scarcity mentality. He doesn’t understand the truth–that power and influence actually increase the more you share it with others. Thus, the burden of maintaining his fragile illusion of absolute power makes him very insecure; any threat to his authority and supremacy enrages him and causes him to lash out with abuse–physically, emotionally, or mentally.
When the Tyrant isn’t viewing others as a threat and putting them in their place, he sees them as objects to exploit for his own gain; he is willing to push his friends, family, and employees under the bus in order to further his goals. We see the Tyrant manifest itself in this manner when businessmen further their own career at the expense of the people under their stewardship.
I want to specially appeal to the Ilamuren of Ijebuland (the Afobajes), Ijebu-Ode Local Government Authority, Ogun State Government and the good people of Ijebuland and nation, to please consider Omoba Ademorin Alliu Kuye, a dynamic progressive and core Ijebu Ambassador with values, full with meek and humility, high sense of humour and tremendous integrity that commands both international and national honour and respect, as the next Awujale of Ijebuland.
As we grow older, wiser, and more in touch with the King’s characteristics, it is our responsibility as noble men to bless and assist younger men on their path to mature masculinity.
We can also bless others by becoming a mentor because one of the reasons so many young men are struggling today is because they lack positive mentoring from great older men.
KESHIRO Sulayman OluwaSesan ONILOGBO KSO writes from Ijebu Ode.
