Ayotunde flanked by her parents,Gbenro and Funsho Adegbola and her brother
Ayotunde Tuntun’ Adegbola, the first granddaughter of late Chief Bola Ige, the former Attorney-General and Minister of Justice and the great Cicero of Esa-Oke, was recently called to the Nigerian Bar. The ceremony took place at the Abuja International Conference Center.
The ELITES gathered that Ayotunde bagged a degree in Law from the University of Kent, United Kingdom, last year. The beautiful lady is the only daughter of Funso Adegbola, the eldest and only daughter of Chief Bola and Justice Atinuke Ige.
Proud mother, Funsho Adegbola(née Bola Ige) poses with her daughter,Ayotunde.
Her father, Gbenro Adegbola is an accomplished publisher, Media Practitioner and IT Entrepreneur. He is the former Managing Director of Evans Publishers, Ibadan, Oyo State. Presently, Adegbola is the MD/CEO of First Veritas, an educational organisation, whose focus is to provide education through innovation thereby empowering students towards a brighter future. He has experience in the educational publishing industry of well over two decades. He has served in several levels of leadership in Spectrum Books, BOOKCRAFT Ltd, Evans and currently First Veritas. First Veritas represents a vehicle to exploit his vast experience as a publisher, broadcast practitioner and IT entrepreneur for the benefit of the education sector.
Ayotunde with father, Gbenro Adegbola
From left to right. Gbenro,Funsho,Ayotunde Adegbola,Tokunbo Ige,Muyiwa and Oyinda Ige during Ayotunde’s graduation from University of Kent,UK,last year.
Ayotunde with Rotimi Akeredolu,SAN
On her own part, Ayotunde’s mother, Funso Adegbola is an accomplished educationist. She is the proprietress of The Vale College, one of the best colleges in Nigeria.
Aside the fact that her grandparents were icons within the law profession, Ayotunde’s uncle, Babatunde Ige, who died in 1993, was also a successful lawyer. His widow, Tokunbo (née Akinola) is also a lawyer.Oyinda, the wife of Bola Ige’s only surviving son, Muyiwa, an architect, is also a lawyer.
proud father, Gbenro Adegbola poses with his daughter,Ayotunde during her graduation from University of Kent,last year.