Foremost event planner, Yewande Zaccheaus has marked the 10 years anniversary of her late father, High Chief Ilelabayo Akinnola’s passage. She shared photographs of her parents and some of her siblings on social media in commemoration of the event. Photographs of her father and some of his grandchildren were also shared. She recalled the memorable times they shared as a family and some of the lessons he taught her before his unfortunate demise at the age of 78 in 2013.
The author of ‘God’s Waiting Room’ recalled how the news of her father’s death was shared with her while she was away in Barcelona to study. The sad news was announced through a phone call from her brother who informed her of the sad event. Being daddy’s girl, she learnt how not to give up, the importance of relationships and hard work amidst other valuable virtues from the late chief.
Late Chief Bayo Akinnola was the Lisa (or Prime Minister) of Ondo Kingdom and second-in-command to the king. He was also the former chairman of Lafarge West African Portland Cement, makers of African Portland cement. The late high chief is father to former Minister of Information Technology, Mrs Mobolaji Johnson.
