Last weekend, Ireti Asemota, widow of Chief Sunny Asemota alongside her children, hosted the creme of high society to the one year remembrance anniversary of her late husband. The matriarch of high society kicked off the ceremony with a thanksgiving church service at the All Saints Church, Yaba, Lagos. Thereafter, a private lunch was held at her palatial residence. Some of the socialites that attended were Erelu Abiola Dosunmu, Oyin Adenuga-Odufeko, Folarin Coker, Chief Mrs Biodun Aisen, Yewande Onileere, Olori Ladun Sijuade, Chief Mrs Sheri Balogun etc.
The patriarch of the Asemota family passed on in May 2022 at the age of 87. An auto magnate of repute and founder of Sunny Motors, the late Chief Sunny was one of the wealthiest Nigerians whose indelible footprints in Nigeria’s auto business have remained a reference point for many decades. Not one to be associated with anything that has no class, Chief Sunny was extremely wealthy and lived a lifestyle of luxury. About 10 years ago, he retired from active work having successfully nurtured his auto companies from infancy to multi-billion enterprises which are now being ably run professionally by his six children, Kemi, Osa, Shola, Iredia and Omoregie.
One of his children, Oghogho, who used to be married to Ayo Adedoyin before the marriage crashed after a decade, runs Aralia by Nature, a landscape design company. Until his death, Chief Sunny and his wife, Ireti dominated the social scene for decades, a feat that earned them a legendary status of some sort.
Ivory Ukonu is a versatile journalist with many years of experience, with entertainment and society reporting as her area of core competence.
