BIOGRAPHY
February 24, 2021
Born Prince Charles Adegboyega Mosunmade Akanbi Shadeko on 17th July 1950 in Ebute-Metta area of Lagos to Prince Olamijuwonlo Ademijuwonlo Henryson Shadeko of the Ilumo Obanikoro chieftaincy royal house of Lagos and Princess Hariet Akonke Shadeko (nee Seton), the young Adegboyega attended St. Jude’s primary school, Ebute-Meta before proceeding to Mayflower School, Ikenne, Ogun State for his secondary education. He later left for the United Kingdom, where he studied Accounting at Cardiff University.
On his return to the country, Prince Adegboyega, the grandson of Prince Herbert Akindele Shadeko, and great-grandson of Prince Ibrahim Onikoro of the Akinsemoyin ruling house of Lagos was engaged at CFAO/SCOA Motors as an Accountant.
He was, however, still fresh on the job when he lost his father, Prince Olamijuwonlo Shadeko on May 31, 1973, who was until his death the Obanikoro-elect of Lagos.
The sudden demise of his father was very destabilizing; a huge blow he had to deal with. He, however, pulled through that challenging period he usually described as his darkest moment.
He continued working at CFAO/SCOA Motors, where he spent 12 years and rose to the position of Chief Accountant.
In 1983, on the invitation of his father’s very close friend, the late Chief S.B. Bakare, Prince Adegboyega joined Steve Doren company, a shipping firm in Lagos, as General Manager.
Earlier before then sometimes in 1977, the Obanikoro Prince had during his many car sale prospecting visits to PZ Cussons came in contact with the pretty Margaret Olukemi Shadeko (nee Onifade), a management trainee at the company, and decided not only to woo her into a relationship but got her to marry him on 5th April 1979.
According to him, that was the juiciest deal he sealed as a car salesman and accountant. The marriage produced four (4) kids – Princes Olabode, Olushola, Akolade, and Olakanmi.
The Isale-Eko-born Prince loved everything about his heritage, especially the food. He loved and enjoyed the seafood churned out fresh right from the very bottom of Lagos Island seas.
From the salted fried fish (eja yoyo) to the crayfish, prawns, and crabs, he could not have enough of them. And for the snacks, he relished his chin-chin, pelebe, gurundi, kokoro, and coconut flakes (pan-fried).,
An ardent lover of sports, Prince Adegboyega loved tennis, football, swimming, and horse-racing. He played his tennis at the famous Yoruba Tennis Club on weekdays on Lagos Island and followed his football games at weekends.
A loyal supporter of Leeds United many years back, and till his death a dire hard fan of Arsenal football club.
He was a good Christian and a member of the Methodist Church of Nigeria.
He attended the Hoare’s Memorial Methodist Cathedral Church, Yaba regularly with his family.
Kind, gentle-natured with an amazing sense of humour, Prince Adegboyega, the second child in a family of five (5), left Steven Doren company in 1985 to join BFN finance company at an executive management level.
There he was until 1987 when he became a transporter/marketer with National Oil and Chemical Marketing Plc now Conoil.
With 16 diesel owned-trucks of 10,000 and 33,000 liters capacity for the distribution and supply of such petroleum products as - petrol, diesel, kerosene, and base oil, Prince Adegboyega saw to the smooth and effective transportation of these petroleum products around the country and received several awards and accolades from the marketing company.
He had an indulgence as a young man and that was his penchant for cars. He had car brands like Volkswagen, Peugeot, Datsun, Volvo, Subaru and Mercedes-Benz lined his garage and whenever his wife harassed him about his spend on these automobiles, he would argue that he needed a car with acceptable license plate for everyday of the week to work around the then government policy of odd/even numbers regulation of vehicular movement on particular days of the week.
In 2006, Prince Adegboyega retired from active business enterprise and decided to enroll at the Word of Faith Bible Institute, a ministry/leadership training arm of the Living Faith Church otherwise known as Winner’s Chapel.
He participated in both the institute’s Leadership Certificate Course (LCC) and the Leadership Diploma Course to deepen his knowledge of the bible and faith.
A loving family man, he enjoyed spending time conversing topical issues with his boys; most times for the purpose of debate and keeping abreast with happenings in the country and abroad.
He always dreamt and wanted his retirement to be laced with just having cups of tea (lipton) in the mornings; follow news story in his favorite newspaper, The Punch; listen to Radio Lagos 107.5 fm Tiwa Tiwa Amititi in the morning while enjoying his cup of tea and engage with the world much after with al Jazeera, his preferred international news channel, but the accountant in him didn’t afford him much of that luxury, as his love for the accounting and by extension, auditing professions saw him inducted into the Institute of Cooperative Professionals of Nigeria and the Lagos State Cooperative Federation, a body he served as President till is death.
A man of style and finesse, and not one to be outshone in matters of romance as he certainly knew how and where to get his flower bouquet, perfumes, necklaces and bracelets to serenade his wife with on special occasions such as birthdays, wedding anniversaries, Valentine’s Day, etc.
Prince Charles Adegboyega Mosunmade Shadeko took ill and was rushed to the Federal Medical Centre, Ebute-Meta on 17th January, 2021.
He breath his last and bade the world good-bye on 19th January, 2021.
He is survived by wife, children, grandchildren, brothers, sisters, nephews, nieces and in-laws.
On his return to the country, Prince Adegboyega, the grandson of Prince Herbert Akindele Shadeko, and great-grandson of Prince Ibrahim Onikoro of the Akinsemoyin ruling house of Lagos was engaged at CFAO/SCOA Motors as an Accountant.
He was, however, still fresh on the job when he lost his father, Prince Olamijuwonlo Shadeko on May 31, 1973, who was until his death the Obanikoro-elect of Lagos.
The sudden demise of his father was very destabilizing; a huge blow he had to deal with. He, however, pulled through that challenging period he usually described as his darkest moment.
He continued working at CFAO/SCOA Motors, where he spent 12 years and rose to the position of Chief Accountant.
In 1983, on the invitation of his father’s very close friend, the late Chief S.B. Bakare, Prince Adegboyega joined Steve Doren company, a shipping firm in Lagos, as General Manager.
Earlier before then sometimes in 1977, the Obanikoro Prince had during his many car sale prospecting visits to PZ Cussons came in contact with the pretty Margaret Olukemi Shadeko (nee Onifade), a management trainee at the company, and decided not only to woo her into a relationship but got her to marry him on 5th April 1979.
According to him, that was the juiciest deal he sealed as a car salesman and accountant. The marriage produced four (4) kids – Princes Olabode, Olushola, Akolade, and Olakanmi.
The Isale-Eko-born Prince loved everything about his heritage, especially the food. He loved and enjoyed the seafood churned out fresh right from the very bottom of Lagos Island seas.
From the salted fried fish (eja yoyo) to the crayfish, prawns, and crabs, he could not have enough of them. And for the snacks, he relished his chin-chin, pelebe, gurundi, kokoro, and coconut flakes (pan-fried).,
An ardent lover of sports, Prince Adegboyega loved tennis, football, swimming, and horse-racing. He played his tennis at the famous Yoruba Tennis Club on weekdays on Lagos Island and followed his football games at weekends.
A loyal supporter of Leeds United many years back, and till his death a dire hard fan of Arsenal football club.
He was a good Christian and a member of the Methodist Church of Nigeria.
He attended the Hoare’s Memorial Methodist Cathedral Church, Yaba regularly with his family.
Kind, gentle-natured with an amazing sense of humour, Prince Adegboyega, the second child in a family of five (5), left Steven Doren company in 1985 to join BFN finance company at an executive management level.
There he was until 1987 when he became a transporter/marketer with National Oil and Chemical Marketing Plc now Conoil.
With 16 diesel owned-trucks of 10,000 and 33,000 liters capacity for the distribution and supply of such petroleum products as - petrol, diesel, kerosene, and base oil, Prince Adegboyega saw to the smooth and effective transportation of these petroleum products around the country and received several awards and accolades from the marketing company.
He had an indulgence as a young man and that was his penchant for cars. He had car brands like Volkswagen, Peugeot, Datsun, Volvo, Subaru and Mercedes-Benz lined his garage and whenever his wife harassed him about his spend on these automobiles, he would argue that he needed a car with acceptable license plate for everyday of the week to work around the then government policy of odd/even numbers regulation of vehicular movement on particular days of the week.
In 2006, Prince Adegboyega retired from active business enterprise and decided to enroll at the Word of Faith Bible Institute, a ministry/leadership training arm of the Living Faith Church otherwise known as Winner’s Chapel.
He participated in both the institute’s Leadership Certificate Course (LCC) and the Leadership Diploma Course to deepen his knowledge of the bible and faith.
A loving family man, he enjoyed spending time conversing topical issues with his boys; most times for the purpose of debate and keeping abreast with happenings in the country and abroad.
He always dreamt and wanted his retirement to be laced with just having cups of tea (lipton) in the mornings; follow news story in his favorite newspaper, The Punch; listen to Radio Lagos 107.5 fm Tiwa Tiwa Amititi in the morning while enjoying his cup of tea and engage with the world much after with al Jazeera, his preferred international news channel, but the accountant in him didn’t afford him much of that luxury, as his love for the accounting and by extension, auditing professions saw him inducted into the Institute of Cooperative Professionals of Nigeria and the Lagos State Cooperative Federation, a body he served as President till is death.
A man of style and finesse, and not one to be outshone in matters of romance as he certainly knew how and where to get his flower bouquet, perfumes, necklaces and bracelets to serenade his wife with on special occasions such as birthdays, wedding anniversaries, Valentine’s Day, etc.
Prince Charles Adegboyega Mosunmade Shadeko took ill and was rushed to the Federal Medical Centre, Ebute-Meta on 17th January, 2021.
He breath his last and bade the world good-bye on 19th January, 2021.
He is survived by wife, children, grandchildren, brothers, sisters, nephews, nieces and in-laws.