Oba Abolurin: Why I’m building a future I don’t belong to

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By CHARLES KUMOLU

A meeting with His Royal Highness, Oba Adedokun Abolarin at an upscale residence of another eminent Nigerian in Lagos, was an opportunity for the sophisticated traditional ruler to discuss his ideas about life, royalty and philanthropy. Certainly, there are lessons in his story that could be internalised.

IF you saw him on the day of this chat, perhaps, he would have been mistaken for just a prosperous chief.

There were no trappings of royalty that could have revealed his royal identity.

His blue native attire and the beaded bracelet on his wrist only presented a picture of an affluent man, who was at peace with himself.

He was completely relaxed as he savoured his breakfast at a highbrow residence of  a friend in Lagos when Vanguard encountered him.

Only the chant of Kabiyesi o by a professional colleague, who accompanied this writer, gave out his…



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