Mrs Ayoola Abeke Odubayo, nee Onagoruwa was born on 29 June 1965 to Prince Adekunle Onabolu Onagoruwa and Princess Christie Ayotunde Onagoruwa. She was the fourth of five children. She attended Suru Lere Baptist School, Ideal Girls Secondary School and United Christian Secondary School, Apapa where she completed her WAEC Examination.

After leaving secondary school, Ayoola briefly worked at the Federal Ministry of Justice, Lagos, before enrolling at the Sight and Sound Secretarial College from where she graduated in 1982. In 1983, she proceeded to further her education in the UK at the Sight and Sound Secretarial College, London.

After graduating, she worked as Personal Assistant to Mr Clarkson Majomi before moving on to the London Bureau of NewsWatch Magazine, as Personal Assistant to it’s Bureau Chief, Mr Kayode Soyinka. It was from there that she joined the University of East London (UEL) as the Personal Assistant to the Departmental Head of Psychology.  She remained at UEL and rose to the position of Departmental Administrator.

Ayoola resigned from the UEL to return to Nigeria in 2006 as part of the management plan of her condition; having been diagnosed with Lupus earlier. Ayoola prepared for her change of lifestyle by investing in training in Catering and Hospitality.  She took little time to set up her Catering and Confectionery Business providing services to Corporate Business and Individuals alike.

Ayoola embraced life and took delight in encouraging others. Her medical condition even during the severe periods did not deter her from moving forward. Ayoola took challenges not as obstacles to turn away from but to conquer.  As part of her interest in children, Ayoola self taught herself in etiquette and children welfare and developed a packaged programme which was warmly received by Private Schools around the Lekki/Ajah Axis, where she lived. It is to her credit that the programme continued to run even when she travelled to the UK in September 2015. She played a very major role in ICOBA by encouraging the wives to support their husbands’ activities.

Ayoola had a visible presence of her Christian Faith. She loved singing and praying. She was a  chorister at Methodist Church of Nigeria, City Mission from age ten until she left for England. She was a very committed member of Daughters o Destiny, a praying Women’s Fellowship. She was also a committed member of Wesley Chapel Lekki, Secretary of the Women Fellowship and the Victoria Garden City house fellowship. Ayoola was a mother to many children. She was lovingly referred to as Aunt Aola by her many nieces and nephews. She is survived by her husband, Dr Yemisi Odubayo, daughter, Misimi and her twin sons, Rimisola and Fimisola, an aged mother, sisters, Abimbola and Olajumoke, and a brother, Olakunle.