By: Oyedele Sunday.
A carnival-like table tennis tournament, OBA ONILE IKAA, in Conjunction with Easy Comfortable Table Tennis Arena, Osogbo, was recently organized and sponsored by Amb. Faniyi Ajani Elebubon as part of the yearly Oba Onile IKAA Ifa Celebration.
The tournament, which witnessed who’s who across Osun State, was a talk of the town and can be described as an international standard table tennis tournament.
The Sponsor, Amb. Elebubon, who was visibly happy, said this year’s celebration was uniquely packaged, and that is why the table tennis Championship tournament came into this year’s celebration.
Amb. Faniyi Ajani stressed further that he is in love with Sports, especially table tennis, and wants to use the tournament to encourage and develop the younger ones. Amb. Elebubon Faniyi said this year’s celebration will attract who’s who across the globe this coming Sunday, 14th September 2025, at the grand finale in Osogbo, Osun State Capital. “I am in love with Sports, it brings Unity and Love among youth, and within society. I enjoy the state government taking sporting activities as a serious state business to develop our youth.” He Concluded.
Those present at the occasion were the Manager of Easy Table Tennis Arena, Alhaji Isiaka Adeyemo a.k.a Easy, the Coach Ganiyu Taliat Bamidele a.k.a Talisma, and many other important personalities.
The officiating officials who officiated the game included Mr Adejare Wasiu a.k.a Wasla, and Ganiyu Taliat Bamidele Talisman.
The tournament, which started with so many participants, runs through to the semi-finalists 1, including Oyeniyi Lateef VS Babatunde Adeniyi, and semi-finalists 2, including Ayoola Abdulsalam VS Victor Farinloye.
Oyeniyi Lateef won 3-0 against Babatunde Adeniyi while Ayoola Abdulsalam won by 3-1 against Victor Farinloye.
The finalists were Oyeniyi Lateef and Ayoola Abdulsalam, while Oyeniyi Lateef finally became the winner of the 2025 OBA ONILE IKAA Table Tennis Championship tournament.