ABOUT US

We the entirety members of NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF ILAJE STUDENTS', OAU CHAPTER, hereinafter referred to as NAIS, having firmly and solemnly resolved to live and stay together in unity and harmony as one indivisible and indissoluble sovereign entity.

For the promotion of academic excellence, social interaction and uplift of ilaje Nation and Nigeria at large, here by establish this association to bring together all indigenes of ilaje in Diaspora, for the promotion and protection of our cultural heritage, customs, traditions and interest.

Meet our Royal Father

Meet one of our foremost and First class King. OBA (DR.) Fredrick Obateru Akinruntan, a Nigerian monarch, the traditional ruler of Ugbo Kingdom , a town in Ilaje Local Government , Ondo State , southwestern Nigeria He is an oil magnate and founder of Obat Oil, one of Nigeria's largest and leading privately held oil companies. In March 2014 Forbes estimated his net worth as US$300 million. Obateru is ranked by Forbes magazine as the second richest King in Africa and the richest in Nigeria. He surpassed King Olubuse II , the Ooni of Ife , with $225 million and the Swaziland King Mswati III by over $200 million to become Africa's second richest king in 2014 behind Mohammed VI of Morocco. He has a custom built 2012 Rolls Royce similar to that of Queen Elizabeth II and on January 14, 2014, in an interview with Daily Post , he said "I have a $1 million watch, I use the same type of car like the Queen of England". Obateru is the first black person to buy the 2014 model of Bentley automobile. On July 2013, in an interview with The Sun newspaper, Obateru said: "The first time I saw a car was 1961 in Sapele. At that time, Sir Festus Okotie-Eboh had a hotel in Sapele, Waterside Hotel. It was the first time I saw a hotel in my life. We used to describe hotels as bars. That was the first time I knew the difference between a hotel and a bar. Obateru was born into the royal family of Sir Frederick Adetolugbo at Ugbo, a riverine area in Ilaje. He is the fourth child of a family of eight but lost his father in 1964 when he was few years old. Obateru was appointed as the King in 2009, in accordance with the culture and traditions of Ugbo Kingdom. Obateru established Obat Oil in 1981. Today, the company has more than 50 gas stations across the six geopolitical zones of Nigeria and the company owns one of the largest tank farms in Africa, a modern storage facility able to store 65 million liters of petroleum products . Obateru appointed his eldest son, Prince Akinfemiwa Akinrutan, the managing director of the company all over the world