We cleaned the city gate.

We thought of food to share: no fund available, we thought of gift to share: no money in our Bank account, then we thought of our skills to render.

We clean the city gate... we clean the city of Ibadan (Toll gate) at night, we want people to wake up and see the Toll gate cleaned up.

Yes we achieved this.

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Dcn Modupeola Abiona retirement well-wishes.

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