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Governor Seyi Makinde: The history maker per excellence By Morohunkola Thomas

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 In the history of Oyo State, some events have been taking place which are of serious historical significance and which we as good citizens we must take cognisance of them. It was the late Governor Abiola Ajimobi who created history in early 2016 when he organised the burial of one Olubadan, Oba Odulana Odugade and also organised the coronation ceremony of a new Olubadan, the late Oba Soliu Adetunji Aje Ogungunniso in a very colourful way. He was the first civilian Governor of Ibadan extraction to record such a feat and as expected he made a good show of this historical fact. When Marxist scholars are criticised by bourgeois scholars that the communist revolution which Marxists espoused has remained a mirage, the reply Marxists always give is that *we have not seen the end of history*. That answer comes handy when evaluating the historical feat recorded by the late Governor some eight years ago. This is because contemporary historical events have shown that greater historical feats hav