About ABAN


Association of Brodas Aboard Nobility - founded in 1972 as the Buccaneer's Confraternity - broke out of the Pyrates Confraternity where Odas had ceased to be Odas.

Each and every creed of the Pyrates Confraternity was turned upside down with corruption and nepotism assuming exalted positions therein. The whistle of disintegration which had started to blow within the Pyrates Confraternity reached a crescendo in 1972.

A cadre of supposed Super Pyrates were violating the confraternity’s creed with impunity; tribalism, clannishness and petty alliances were being enshrined in the confraternity. At this point odas had ceased to be odas...


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ABAN in numbers

For 50 years since the formation of our great Brotherhood, We make bold to say that we have indeed held on to the very original tenets upon which our Brotherhood was based.

Year 1972

The Brotherhood was founded in the University of Ibadan

2000 +

Our membership across the world


36 States

We have presence in all part of Nigeria

14 +

Our presence is also felt across Africa, Canada, America and Europe

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