You may find this hard to believe — but it is real. The whole truth, nothing but the truth. When Senator Babafemi Ojudu once declared that he would retire to Ado-Ekiti and become a hunter, many of us chuckled. We thought it was political banter, a harmless joke to cap a colourful career.
We even prayed for him: “Olorun ko ni pawon da si aida.”
But alas, Heaven declined our agrarian supplication on behalf of our great, noble, brilliant brother — a spectacularly sound product of Ekiti State.
And so, it is sad (or perhaps sweet) to report that at last, Oga Babafemi Ganiyu Ojudu has finally become… a hunter in Ado-Ekiti. Olorun gbo! Oga Femi Ojudu ti di ode ni Ado-Ekiti.
How could an intercontinental, cerebral journalist — a confirmed June 12 sufferer and military brutality survivor — trade the Senate chambers for the bush path? Grasscutters? Really? The idea once seemed laughable.
But Ojudu was dead serious.
To prove it, he built a simple yet aristocratic country home and christened it “The Farm.” And what do you expect to find on a farm? Plants. Animals. Weeds.
Except, Ojudu hunts something different.
Since settling in Ado-Ekiti, he has taken up the chase — not for bushmeat, but for brains. He has become a hunter of classical thinkers, art connoisseurs, creative artists, and sharp-minded book lovers.
Since last year, The Farm has turned into Ekiti’s intellectual hunting ground — a place where reading is celebrated and bright minds are lured into lively literary ambushes. Here, conversation flows as richly as palm wine, and books are the trophies.
And in doing so, Senator Babafemi Ojudu has raised the bar for reading culture in Ekiti State.
Shame? Perhaps only for those who thought hunting was about grasscutters.
For Ojudu, it is about capturing minds — and Ekiti is better for it.
God bless this Hunter!
Hin okun ooo!!!
