July 21, (THEWILL) – Penultimate week, Prince Akintunde Ayeni more popularly known as YemKem, the poster boy for traditional alternative medicine, hosted some dignitaries including Ademola Adeleke, Osun State governor; Biodun Oyebanji, Ekiti State governor; Ayodele Fayose, former Ekiti State governor; Mudashiru Obasa, Speaker, Lagos State House of Assembly and several other prominent guests, to the wedding ceremony of his son, Christopher and his lover, Adeola Boye. The white wedding reception took place at Hyde Park, Lagos.
No doubt, the businessman has truly crawled out from his many years of hibernation. This will be about the second time since he went into oblivion that he will host lavish parties since he emerged from his cocoon. The first was his 6oth birthday party which took place a few months ago. That was the first sign that he was back to social reckoning. Before he recoiled into his shell, Ayeni was a staple for international media organizations like British Broadcasting Corporation, BBC and Cable Network News, CNN who ran documentaries on his exploits. He succeeded in putting the country on the world map via traditional medicine. As his fame and exploits grew, so did his bank accounts began bursting at its seams and so also did he become the toast of society veterans. He soon diversified and went into the hospitality business.
He built one of the biggest hotels in Ekiti State at that time and suddenly, he disappeared. So many insinuations about what he had been up to were bandied around. Some alleged that he had fallen on bad times particularly when he reduced the number of his office branches from 48 to 7. Others said he had quit the business due to competition from international companies that have flooded the country with their own brands of herbal medicines. But during the outbreak of the Coronavirus, he crawled out from hibernation and began a search into a remedy to quell the killer virus in partnership with the Ooni of Ife, HRH Oba Adeyeye Enitan Ogunwusi. But as the wave of the killer virus died down, Ayeni scurried back into his shell until he surfaced for his 60th birthday party.
Ivory Ukonu is a versatile journalist with many years of experience, with entertainment and society reporting as her area of core competence.
