Chief Sosipater Ishola Bogunjoko
Late Sosipater Ishola Bogunjoko, who was popularly known ad called S. I. Bogujoko, was born around year 1924. His civil service year was 1927. He was born in Odo-Eku in Isin Local Government Area of Kwara State. He was the last born of his father, Pa Bogunjoko, a herbalist and a farmer and mother Mama Bogunjoko a housewife. In his early years, he was an ifa boy, he also went with other family members to the farm until the Sudan Interior Mission (S.I.M.) Missionaries came to Isin/Igbomina land.
He was a houseboy of S.I.M. Evangelist Miss Dick. She graciously sent him to Native Authority School at Omu-Aran, popularly called Magaranta in 1935. He finished his Primary/Modern School there. He then went to Igbaja Teacher Training College owned by SIM. He successfully qualified as a Grade Two Teacher. He was a teacher and Headmaster at Egbe, Omu-Aran, Okeya, Ijomu-Oro before joining Adult Education Department of Ministry of Education of the then Northern Region. He also went to School of Agriculture in Bauchi. One of his course mates was late Mr. Joseph Tarka.
As an Adult Education Officer, he worked in Ilorin, Lafiaji, Omu-Aran, Ankpa and Dekina. He retired as a Senior Education Officer in Omu-Aran, Irepodun Local Government Headquarters of Kwara State. He bagged a Diploma in Education from the University of Ibadan.
He was very active in his community, Odo-Eku, Isin and Igbomina land:
Odo-Eku: He was the first Asiwaju of Odo-Eku. He was instrumental to Odo-Eku being given an Oba ship. It used to be Bale. He also took leadership in the provision of pipe borne water in Odo-Eku.
Isinland: He was one of the founders of Isin Community Commercial College Egii-Owu in Isin Local Government Area of Kwara State. He was its first Manager. He was Odofa of Isanlu-Isin, installed by Oba Adekanye. He was also Chief Odofa of Odo-Eku Kigdom.
Igbomina-land: His hobby was hunting. He belonged to and was very active in the hunter’s association. Through this association and other fora, he played a major role in ensuring security in Igbomina land. He encouraged and ensured many young people to go to school. He was instrumental in getting admissions to may youths in institutions of higher learning. He along with others checked the excesses of the Ajias (agent of the Emir of Ilorin) in Igbomina land. He was the Organizing Secretary of Action Group in Igbomina land in the early sixties.
He was also a practicing Christian, an Elder in ECWA Church. He along with a few others planted the Evangelical Church of West Africa, now known as Evangelical Church of Winning All (ECWA) at Omupo in Ifelodun Local Government Area of Kwara State in April 1976. Chief S. I. Bogunjoko was a very close friend of Olomu of Omupo, Oba Jimoh Olarinoye. It was through this King, that he secured the land which remains the place of worship of ECWA Church Omupo till date.
He and his wife late Deborah Ayoola Bogunjoko, nee Ogunyemi, a nurse established Omolayo Maternity Home and Dispensary, Omupo in 1972. They were blessed with six children, out of which four are still alive.