CORE VALUES
BROTHERLINESS
To give assistance To One Another On Noble
Cause/Endeavours Without Injury to Oneself.
LOVE
To Love One And Another Without Injury to Others,
Oneself; Fraterity Reputation or Its Tenets.
INTEGRITY
Your Word, Your Bond.
TRUST
To Be Undoubtedly Dependable.
HONESTY
To Be Truthful; Open Minded And Give Reports Without Fear or Favour.
ROF BRIEF HISTORY
The History of ROF as handed over to us, started with the amalgamation of the Northern and Southern Protectorates into what is now known as Nigeria in 1914. We were told thact before the advent of Colonial Rule in this Country, particularly in Yoruba land, the Ogboni Osugbo was the government of the people. Some call this Ogboni Osugbo, or Ogboni.
During the Colonial Rule,the Bishop Lords imported into this country their type of Fraternity, such as Freemasonry, Odd Fellows, Shepherdry, Foresters, e.t.c. Our elites were enrollef into these Fraternities. The Churches in the early Christain world were persecuted in those dark days. Ironically they too did not spare both the Ogboni and the European Fraternities from persecution.
Out of the blues, however came a revolution within the church. A Clergy man of no means of order, an Archdeacon for that matter, decided to investigate and draw comparison between our OGboni and the European Fraternities vis-a-vis the Church. He has been a member of one of the European Fraternities - Freemasonry.
Venerable Archdeacon Thomas
Adesina Jacobson Ogunbiyi
CBE, L. Th
The Venerable Archdeacon Reverend Thomas Adesina Jacobson Ogunbiyi, Archdeacon of Lagos, 1921 - 1929, was an indigene of Isale Eko, in Lagos, South-West, Nigeria Revered Ogunbiyi was the founder of the Reformed Ogboni Fraternity, he was hourned with the most distinguished Commander of the Bristish Empire, CBE, and he was hourable Member of the legislative Council, and Licentiate of Theology, L.T.H.
The History of the ROF cannot be satisfactorily relayed without the profound mention of the Church and the christainity. This noble order was founded by the Reverend Gentleman, well educated and highly sophisticated in the knownledge of the Christainity in the earlt times in Nigeria. On his Sholder and a few of his colleagues rested the initial responsiblity of sustaining and spreading Christainity amidst African Traditional Region, which was ery strong then.
Rt. Hon. Sir
Adetokunbo Ademola
GCON, KBE, KT, CFR, PC, MA (Cantab), LLB, (Hon)
Sir Adetokunbo Adegboyega Ademola, GCON, KBE, PC, SAN (1th Feburary 1906 - 29 January, 1993), the second Olori Oluwo was a Nigeria jurist who was the chief justice of the Supreme Court of Nigeria from 1958 to 1972. He was appointedc as Chief Justice on Apirl 1, 1958, replacing Sir Stafford Foster Sutton who was retiring. Ademola was a son of Oba Sir Ladapo Ademola II, the Alake of the Egba clan of Nigeria. He was the first chancellor of the University of Benin.