These are happy days for the people of Orile-Igbon in Surulere, Ogbomosho, Oyo State, and the royal family of the Olugbon, Oba Francis Olusola Alao. Recent news reaching the street is that Olori Olusola Adedoyin-Alao has been delivered of twins.
Akin to flowering at just the right time, the birth of the little angels is coming six years after the happy mother got wedded to Oba Alao. At 58, the couple’s excitement at the arrival of the twins reaches high heavens. Although she does not roar as she used to, it is apparent that Olori Sola Adedoyin-Alao has not lost the punch that made her a force to reckon with in the corporate halls of Nigeria a few years ago. For those who are only now recognising the name, she was the MD of the defunct City Express Bank, an upper-banker with many awards and accolades, a proud member of the American Management Association (AMA), the Institute of Directors, and several company boards.
Sola Adedoyin-Alao has also enjoyed much fame on the social front. She is the daughter of a well-known industrialist, Prince Samuel Adedoyin, a pastor at the Redeemed Church of God, and had battled breast cancer twice in her life (and won). That, and allegations of money laundering and financial misconduct while she was at City Express Bank, pushed her to the front pages some time ago.
Her wedding to Oba Alao took place in 2015 before the latter became the Olugbon of Orile-Igbon (2017). In the years that have followed, Adedoyin-Alao has had much to be grateful for. This is why the delivery of the twins, although her third birth (the last one was 18 years ago during her first marriage), is worth celebrating.
These are the best of days for Olori Sola Adedoyin-Alao, no doubt about it.
