Supreme comradium can be traced to thirteen
students of the then Nigerian College of Arts,
Science and Technology, who gather themselves
every evening to relax after a hard day work. Upon hearing that their college would become a
university the next morning, the excitement
combined with ecstasy for being the first set of
undergraduate of the university of Ife drove them
on an enjoyment galore. The thirteen foundation
students became the executive and periodically they donated palm wine for the consumption of
the group in turns. Not before long, history was
made as they became founding members of the
first socio-cultural club in the world. All this
occurred while they were at the Ibadan campus
before they were moved to the permanent site in Ile-Ife. The palm wine drinkers club did not only
come into existence by accident but by
incidence, these Africans knowing full well their
cultural background gather to sing folktale songs
and drink palm wine. Consequently, they were
able to retain the cultural heritage of the blacks which the colonial master were unable to take
away and the club was established in October
1963.
The pioneer executives of the palm wine drinkers
club are; Professor Olusegun Adesina - President,
but as a socio-cultural club it was agreed that he should be called Chief as in African traditional
setting. Thus, Chief Olusegun Adesina was the
first Chief to be coronated followed by
Emmanuel Abiodun, Bisi Olatunji and others who
served as executives alongside the chief. They
are known as world chief. Over the years, many students in other institutions have found the
activities of the club very interesting and
fascinating. Thus obtained autonomy from
University of Ife. (the world headquarters of the
palm wine drinkers club) Among such institution
is Federal College of Agriculture, Akure named ILYA du TRACTOR (First institution to have Keg
of Office) others include University of Ibadan
which obtained its keg of office in 1972 and it is
known as NATIONAL HEADQUARTERS , The
Polytechnic , Ibadan 1974 and several others.
The club changed its name on October 1986, during the reign of Chief Anthony Uzodima Ogidi,
the then world Chief, at the world Chiefsis
conference of 1986 from palm wine drinkers club
to Kegites club international with the motto Unity
in Diversity from the basis of African peace.
The aims and objectives of kegites club is to preserve and promote African culture, promote
peace among human race, resuscitate the
cultural awareness of our fore fathers and
promote honest living and truth among all
members as well as to discourage tribalism and
racism. The kegites club is now an international club as there are branches outside the shores of
Nigeria. There are branches in United Kingdom,
India, United States and various convergences in
other countries of the world.
The kegites club international is one and
indivisible. The supremost comradium has a special language with a peculiar dialectical
parlance which every member is delighted to
speak at all times and gatherings.

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