On the 30th day of January, 1948, the Alabukun family suffered a tragic loss, in a ghastly motor accident. In that car , there were six occupants- Dr. Albert Olukoya Odulate, Folake, Femi, Dele, Segun Odulate and the driver. Albert had just qualified as a medical doctor, from the United Kingdom, having studied abroad for a decade. The car somersaulted, on the old Lagos-Abeokuta Road, near Ifo.
Bernard Olabinjo Bobby Benson, was equally distinguished and established in his calling. He was a tailor, boxer and a sailor in the Merchant Navy. With his wife, they had established the Bobby Benson Theatrical Party. He played guitar and saxophone, while his wife, Cassandra, danced. Whilst Bobby Benson held sway in musical showmanship, his senior brother- T.O.S Benson, also had his own brand of Political showmanship.
He was carried shoulder high by the NCNC leaders in the yard of the Supreme Court, where they were joined, by hundreds of his admirers. When a group of NCNC Ministers arrived at the scene, the show became something quite sensational and eclectic. Benson and his fellow Ministers decided on the spur of the moment, to transfer it from the courtyard, to the House of Representatives.
His Alabukun products, which he patented 1918, had become a trailblazer in the Nigerian Pharmaceutical industry. The products, Alabukun Mentoline , Alabukun APC, now “Alabukun” powder and the Elizir , still sell in the market today in Nigeria and some West African countries. He had a huge complex of buildings at Kemta, Abeokuta, consisting of one-two storey building, one-three storey building, a chalet, a court yard, stores and other facilities.
Despite the seriousness of this delegation, to the United Kingdom ,TOS Benson,seized the opportunity of this visit, to arrange with a cousin of Folake , to lure her to his cousin’s house, where he could perhaps, talk to her all over again and convincingly too.
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