Madam Janet Odesola was initially hawking dry fishes, before she forayed into cooked beans (ewa pekule) in 1951. Here is her story in less than two hundred and fifty words Sapon was extracted and coined from the word “Saponloore”. “Se Apon loore” meaning “help the bachelors”. Sapon was the meeting place where people, especially men who had not married used to go and eat delicious foods and drink in those days in Abeokuta. Sapon connects Ijaiye, Ago-Oba, Itoku, Lafenwa, Isale Igbein and Ake roads. Many people were unaware of what…
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