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King’s College, Lagos
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About King’s College’s Golden Ingots & Other Old Boys
King’s College Lagos one of the premier secondary educational institutions in the country was established in 1909. Its former students have formed associations to promote the ideals of the college and maintain comradeship with the salutation ‘Floreat’ derived from the college anthem. The main body of the former students is King’s College Old Boys Association (KCOBA), C/o King’s College Tafawa Balewa Square Lagos Island 100211 Nigeria. Other sub-groups include: 1. The Independence Boys These are the 1960 intakes into Form One and those who came into the college in Lower 6 in 1965. 2. The Republicans These are the 1958 Form One intakes and 1963 Lower 6 entrants. 3. Golden Ingots These are the set of 1959-63-65 intakes. Giving a brief history of the formation of the Golden Ingots, Busuyi Onabolu its current Coordinator, stated that: We entered KC in 1959 when the College celebrated the 50th ‘Golden’ Anniversary of its establishment and we all rejoiced at our early reunion that we were not only the ‘Golden’ boys but indeed worth our weight in Gold……..More details of Golden Ingot can be obtained from Venerable Oluwagbemiga Onayemi who actually coined the name. Venerable Oluwagbemiga Onayemi explained that: At an early stage of collating names of 1959/63/65 class boys and holding meetings some time in 1974 or so I came across the word INGOT – a block of steel, gold, silver or other metal. I suggested our set name be coined from this word since we were admitted in 1959, the golden (50th) anniversary of King’s College. This was discussed and the name GOLDEN INGOTS was adopted. Individually or as a group we consider ourselves solid as a block. Ayo Kekere-Ekun being one of the pioneers of the Republicans and its current Coordinator of the group is in a better position to provide the whole history of this sub-group. However, whilst in Form 2, the Form 2 Alpha part was said to have declared their Classroom a Republic. 4. Tripartite Group This is another sub-group of the College former students formed by the union of the three sub-groups namely; the Independence Boys, the Republicans and the Golden Ingots. According to Busuyi Onabolu, also the current Coordinator of the Golden Ingots the formation of the Tripartite Group was agreed to in 2012 following the second successful joint meetings of the Ingots and the Independence Boys that began in 2011. It had as some of its objectives to promote and foster interactions amongst members. The group holds its meetings annually and as at early 2015 has a membership of 250 out which 57 have passed on. The organization has a secretariat comprising of 3 Coordinators one representing each group and the current Coordinators are:
Roll Call -The King’s College Tripartite Members Form one intakes 1958; 1959; 1960 & sixth form intakes 1963, 1964 &1965. The Independence Boys Set (1960-64-66) 1. ABDULLAHI, M L6 1965 2. ACHAKOBE EVIANO OGHENERUHRO 3. ADAMS FATAI K 4. ADEGBITE A LATE 5. ADEGOKE ADELAKIN 6. ADELEKAN, W A L6 1965 7. ADELEKE AKANJI A 8. ADISA A L6 1965 9. ADOKI IYALLA E 10. AGBAGBARA S L6 1965 11. AHIAKWO CHUKWUMA 12. AIRHUNMWUNDE S L6 1965 13. AJAYI OLUSEGUN NAT 14. AKANDE LASUN Y 15. AKINPELU GEORGE OYESOLA 16. AKINYEMI A 17. ALABA AFOLABI 18. ARIYO AKIN S. LATE 19. AYENI GAB OLUSOLA 20. AYENI M 21. BABALOLA J A 22. BOLORUNDURO M L6 1965 23. BRIGGS FELIX L6 1965 24. COMLA KWAO G 25. DIFFANG RALPH A 26. EKA VICTOR CHUKUDI 27. EKEZI DIKE 28. EZE A L6 1965 29. FAWALE JAIYE ADESINA 30. FOKUM WAJE G 31. GADZAMA A L6 1965 32. IDIKA IFEANYI GODFREY 33. IHEKUNA COSMAS 34. INIEKE JOHN A LATE 35. IWENOFU A 36. KADZAI AYUBA L6 1965 37. KALE STEPHEN N 38. KAROFI A. Y. L6 1965 39. LAPAI A Y L6 1965 40. LOMA G D L6 1965 41. MADUNAGU EDWIN I L6 1965 42. MAI-WAAZI E L6 1965 43. MAIANGWA Y. M L6 1965 44. MAMUDU H L6 1965 45. MOGOR OBIORAH M 46. NELSON-COLE MICHAEL FORM 2 47. NJOKU G L6 1965 48. NMEZI DIKE I C 49. NWANKWO I K L6 1965 50. NWOSU ADIELE A 51. OBI A 52. OBIRI IDOWU N 53. ODELEYE AYO ISHOLA LATE 54. ODUJINRIN OLADIPO 55. OGBONNA NICHOLAS NGOZI 56. OGBUCHI E.N L6 1965 57. OGUNWOLU OLADELE E 58. OKAFOR VINCENT O L6 1965 59. OLANIRAN RUFUS ISHOLA 60. OLI EMERSON C 61. OLORUNISOLA B. MUKAILA LATE 62. OLORUNSOLA O L6 1965 63. OLUFON GBOLAHAN L6 1965 64. OLUWADIYA MICHAEL OLADELE 65. OMENYI S N 66. OMOLE PIUS S N 67. ONUCHE R L6 1965 68. ONUOHA JOHN 69. ONYEUGWO O. H 70. ORUH SAMUEL 71. ORUMBIE REGGIE W 72. OSENI FATAI AYO 73. OSUYA ABEL CHIBOGU 74. OYAWALE J O L6 1965 75. OYEDIRAN OLAYINKA 76. OYEKAN ASHIM A L6 1965 77. SALAMI ADEBAYO S 78. SAMUEL AKIN 79. SOBANDE M OLA 80. SOGBESAN ADE O 81. SOYELE MOSES ADEOYE 82. TORKULA ALFRED A L6 1965 83. UBANI SAM A 84. UZOIGWE IHEME JOSHUA 85. WAHUA T A L6 1965 86. WILLIAMS OLADIPO The Great Republican Set (1958-62-64) 1. ABOLAJI MICHAEL OLU L6 1963 2. ABOLARINWA, EMMANUEL F L6 1963 3. ABUDU OLATUNDE OLALEKAN 4. ADEBIMPE VICTOR R LATE 5. ADEFOWOPE SAM. ADEBAYO LATE 6. ADEIGBE EMMA OLA 7. ADEKUNLE OLUFEMI B 8. ADESANYA OBAFEMI 9. AFONJA RAUFU ABIODUN 10. AGWINEDE M L6 1963 11. AIGBHOKHAI RAYMOND L6 1963 12. AKHIONBARE PATRICK OSA 13. AKPAN JOHN IBOK 14. ALATTA IHEUWADINACHI ANYANNA LATE 15. ANADU JOE EMEKA 16. ANENE JOE OKAFOR 17. ANOMA A L6 1963 18. AROKOYO OLATUNJI L6 1963 19. ATINMO KEHINDE T LATE 20. ATINMO TOLA TAIWO 21. AYOOLA OLABODE 22. BALERI ISHAYA I L6 1963 23. BALOGUN SAMUEL 24. BALOGUN ADEWALE 25. BANWO OLUJIDE LATE 26. BELLO MUNIRUDEEN 27. BODUNDE OLATUNJI J L6 1963 28. BONIN VICTOR F LATE 29. BUCKNOR OLUSEGUN B 30. CHUKWUEZE OBI H L6 1963 31. CLARKE GOGO OGWO 32. DOMINGO ADEMOLA 33. DON-PEDRO GEORGE S LATE 34. EGBUONU G. N L6 1963 35. EYONG RICHARD 36. FAKEYE BANJI OLAWEPO L6 1963 37. FALADE M S L6 1963 38. FASHOLA SIKIRU LATE 39. FATUGA WASIU ADE 40. GAMBARI IBRAHIM SULU L6 1963 41. GOYEA BABAFEMI ALBERT LATE 42. IDOWU SUNDAY FORM 1 – 1957 43. IGE ADEFOLARIN 44. IKOTUN EMMA ISOLA L6 1963 45. ISHOLA-WILLIAMS OLASEINDE 46. JIBUNOH WALTER A 47. JINADU ADELE 48. JOHNSON ROTIMI DAVID 49. KASALI OLAJIDE BABS FORM 1- 1957 50. KEKERE-EKUN AYODELE TAJUDEEN 51. KERRY JOEL U LATE 52. KUPONIYI CHARLES B 53. LAWAL KHALIL ADE LATE 54. LODAM JOHN D L6 1963 55. MAJEKODUNMI ADEKOYE FORM 3 -1960 56. MAKANJUOLA ROGER .O.A FORM 2 -1959 57. MOZIE MADUABUCHI N 58. NKEMBE REINHOLD 59. NWAFOR FIDELIS C 60. OBADOFIN ADEBAYO BA 61. OBI-RAPU VICTOR N LATE 62. OGIDAN GANIYU 63. OGUNTOKUN ADE E 64. OKAFOR SIMON C L6 1963 65. OKUBADEJO BABATUNDE A 66. OLAFIMIHAN KOFOWOROLA O LATE 67. OLAYEMI OLUSEGUN L6 1963 68. OMAKU VINCENT L6 1963 69. ONAIYEKAN J O L6 1963 70. ONI ABIOLA DAVID L6 1963 71. ONWUCHEKWA S OJI LATE 72. OSINUGA ABIODUN LATE 73. OSUN-BENJAMIN KAYODE LATE 74. OYEDEJI EZEKIEL BABATUNDE 75. RAHAMAN MORUFU A 76. SAGOE KWEKU M 77. SAIFI IQBAL MOHAMMAD 78. SOLANKE AYODELE B 79. TAKANG TIMOTHY 80. UCHE ONWUJEOGWU L6 1963 81. UCHE PETER L6 1963 82. UCHEWUBA MICHAEL 83. YAZIDU ABIDU L6 1963 84. YUSUF ‘TUNDE A L6 1963 85. ZACCHAEUS MOSES OLUWOLE. The Golden Ingots Set (1959-63-65) 1. ADEBIYI GEORGE L6 1964 2. ADEGBOYE LATIFU 3. ADELUWOYE ADEMOLA 4. ADENAIKE ADENIRAN 5. ADESANYA OLADIPO 6. ADEWUYI P. ADENEKAN LATE 7. AIYEDEHIN AKIN L6 1964 8. AKEN’OVA MICHAEL EGHOSA 9. AKEREJOLA, E. OLU L6 1964 10. AKINPELU OLAWALE 11. AMADI GEORGE C 12. AMSHI UMARA MAMMAN L6 1964 13. ANANABA EMEKA E 14. APANTAKU OLUSEGUN 15. AUDU SIMEON C L6 1964 16. AWARITEFE ALFRED L6 1964 17. AYENI SIMEON B 18. AYIVOR MICHAEL D 19. BABAFEMI O 20. BAIYE WISDOM O L6 1964 21. BALOGUN DAVID ADE L6 1964 22. DABIRI OLUWOLE S 23. DADZIE KODJO FRANCIS 24. EGBUNIKE GABRIEL N 25. EHIGHIBE KENNETH C L6 1964 26. EMEKA PAUL LATE 27. FAJEBE G. OLUSEGUN 28. FASINA OLADIPO 29. FETUGA BABATUNDE 30. GIWA-OSAGIE OSATO O 31. HABIB TAJUDEEN B 32. IBYEM ANYOR S L6 1964 33. IKPEME BASSEY 34. ILESANMI ISAAC OLU L6 1964 35. IPINLAIYE AYO J. L6 1964 36. IYUN FADERIN 37. JOHNSON MAGNUS B A 38. KODE PAUL E 39. LAWRENCE PATRICK TUNDE LATE 40. LAWSON JEFFREY L LATE 41. MADU BERTRAM A LATE 42. MAMUDU AYO LATE 43. MANI MAIRIGA L6 1964 44. MBAKWA GODFREY 45. MBAMALU VICTOR OZOEMENA 46. NELSON-COLE JAMES LATE 47. NKWUO JOE C L6 1964 48. NWABUKWU GEORGE F 49. OCHUBE EDUCHE F 50. ODIFE DENNIS O 51. ODUBOGUN OLURANTI O 52. ODUGBOSE J. OLUWOLE 53. ODULOJU LOKUN J 54. OGBOGBO STEPHEN M 55. OGUNBAYO EDWARD ADE 56. OKEZIE HERBERT S C L6 1964 57. OKUYEMI BABATUNDE D 58. OLUWOLE OLUBODE LATE 59. ONABOLU OLUBUSUYI AINA 60. ONAYEMI OLUWAGBEMIGA 61. ONYEZILI FRANCIS 62. OPARANDU UGWU L 63. OSENI MUJIB ALAO 64. OSINDERO ADE 65. OSOM SUNDAY EDET 66. OWOWO IKECHI E 67. OYEKA JOSIAH C LATE 68. SAGUA GABRIEL MUSA L6 1964 69. SALAKO DAVID O LATE 70. SMITH OLANREWAJU B 71. SOGBETUN ADELANI LATE 72. SOREMI EDWARD A 73. SULAIMAN AHMED L6 1964 74. TITA GITIS K 75. USMAN TUKUR L6 1964 76. USMAN BUKAR L6 1964 77. UTTI CHARLES 78. UZA MHII. L6 1984
Awards The second Annual Tripartite Reunion and Awards Day took place on January 19, 2015. The Golden Ingots initiated the Annual Reunion and Awards Day to mark landmarks and milestones as well as to recognize contributions through service by members to the college and national life. It was in the year 2010 that the Independence Boys Class Set was invited to become a part of the annual event in joint celebration. This led to the conception of the first Tripartite Annual Reunion and Awards. The first inaugural Tripartite Reunion took off on January 20, 2014. KC Centenary Celebration The College celebrated its centenary with the presentation of the KC Centenary Book and KCOBA Floreat Endowment Fund of N1billion on 5th December, 2014. |
