Olumo High School Sabo, Abeokuta: The Journey so far…

Hurray!!! Olumo High School Clocks 35.

Olumo Commercial was founded by Chief Jonathan Durojaye Odebunmi in 1946 and later taken over by the Ogun state government and renamed Olumo High School in 1980 till date. As a government School, the school was founded in September, 1980 in the Sabo area of the ancient city of Abeokuta.

Olumo High School derives her name from Olumo rock. “Olumo” or “Olufimo” is a symbolic word and is associated with Egba kingdom in Abeokuta. Olumo rock, one of the most popular tourist destinations in Nigeria, West Africa, sits in the ancient city center of Abeokuta – a name which means “Under the rock”. Abeokuta was originally inhabited by the egba people who found refuge at the Olumo rock during inter-tribal wars in the 19th century. The rock provided sanctuary to the people as well as a vantage point to monitor the enemy’s advance leading to eventual triumph in war. 

The town of Abeokuta eventually grew as these new settlers spread out from this location. Olumo is the name of the most significant land formation in true ancient town of Abeokuta. In keeping faith with the ritual of emphasizing the importance of the rock to the city of Abeokuta and its people, the founding fathers of Olumo High school were left with no choice than to name the school “Olumo High School”. 

The school has since metamorphozised with time from her old location near Gaa-Sabo to its present location now.  Since inception, Olumo Commercial /High school has been led by various administrations as shown in the next Table.

ROLL CALL OF PRINCIPALS/HEAD TEACHERS (TILL DATE)

S/NO	YEAR	NAME	POST
1.	1946-1958	Chief Jonathan Durojaye Odebunmi	Founder
2.	1958-1959	Mr. Mofolorunso Okanlawon	Head Teacher
3.	1960-1962	Mr. N.O. Soetan	Head Teacher
4.	1963	Mr. J.N. Ogunyemi	Head Teacher
5.	1964-1975	Mr. Samuel A. Fadiran	Head Teacher
6.	1975-1980	Mr. Babalola S.B.	Principal
7.	1981-1984	Mr. A.A. Taiwo	Principal
8.	1985-1986	Mrs. F.O. Abimbola	Principal
9.	1987-1994	Mr. A.D. Jibowo	Principal
10.	1995-1996	Mr. T.A. Sanyaolu	Principal
11.	1997	Dr. D.A. Okunade	Principal
12.	1998	Mr. S.A. Bodunrin	Principal
13.	1999	Mrs. Sobukola	Principal
14.	2000	Deacon M.A. Adenekan	Principal
15.	2001-2004	Mr. S.O.A. Idowu	Principal
16.	2005	Mrs. Comfort Bolatito Awoyele	Principal
17.	2006	Mr. T.Y. Odejayi	Principal
18.	2007-2008	Mrs. B.B. Aina	Principal
19.	2009-2010	Mr. Olugesin Lucas	Principal
20.	2011-2012	Mrs. Oranu N.B.	Vice Principal
21.	2012	Mrs. M.T.Eweje	Principal
22.	2012 Till date	Mr. Ozemoya Inu’A	Principal

After the School was founded as “Olumo High School” in 1980, the first Uniform of the School was Red (Shirt) and Blue (Short-Nickers/Trousers/Skirts). This same uniform was later changed in 1988 into White and Brown uniform that is been used by the Students till date.

In 1985, Olumo High School produced its first set, led by the first Senior Prefect Boy, Olumite Christopher Shogbonyo, a residence of the United States of America and the first Senior Prefect Girl- Olumite Temilola Adebayo.

In the last 30 yrs, Olumo High School has produced 30 different sets of Products cut across every sectors of life and spread across the world. Wherever you go in the world, you will find and Olumite. 

 Olumo High School has touched many lives and remodeled a lot of her Products to the Persons they are today.

It is in line with this that the Old Students Association, headed by Olumite Olaseni Sheriff Lawal deems it imperative to celebrate the school that played important role in their lives. Therefore, set aside September 24^th to 27^th for an historic 4-days event tagged 35 Years Founder's Day Ceremony of Olumo High School. This event will take place in the premises of the School.

The programmes of the event are as follow:

For further enquiries, please contact the following people:
Chairman:                       Olumite Sheriff Olaseni Lawal 08034733720;
General Secretary:          Olumite Alonge Lateefat Abiola 0803 304 9707
Treasurer:                        Olumite Odetola Ayodeji Kazeem 0805 440 5963
Public Relations Officer: Olumite Olatoye Jibola Ganiu 08186740374

Thanks and God bless you all.