Bola Afolabi
With the death of Abisola Abisola Kola-Daisi, the eldest child of late Oyo Governor Senator Abiola Ajimobi, Nigeria has lost a young philanthropist who touched the lives of many needy people, especially children.
Bisola succumbed to a brief illness while in the United Kingdom and her death has ignited mourning across many families especially in Ibadan, Oyo State, where her extended families reside.
She was the wife of popular businessman, Kola Daisi, while her father was also from the ancient city where her mother, Mrs Florence Ajimobi, is based.
She founded the AKD Foundation and the AKD Kids Foundation to care for orphans and homeless children in Nigeria. She is also a patron of the ABC Foundation, a charitable organisation founded by her mother, in Ibadan.
Her demise, according to a tribute, thus re-echoes the words of English poet and playwright, Williams Shakespeare, who described the world a stage and each person plays his part and leave.
With the exit of Abisola, a huge void is created in the heart of her mother — Florence Ajimobi. Like the biblical reference, to everything there is a season, and a time to every purpose under the heaven: A time to be born and a time to die.
Her death comes five years after the death of her father in 2020.
She is the founder of Florence H Luxury and the Chairman/CEO of Grandex Nigeria Limited.
Abisola was born March 12, 1981.
She attended the British School of Lomé, Togo where she learned to speak French fluently – before moving to the United States of America to obtain an AA Degree from Santa Monica College.
After graduating from college in the United States, Abisola worked as a Senior Manager (Retail) at Victoria’s Secret before returning home to complete the National Youth Service Corps in Nigeria. In 2008, she joined Saje Shipping, a subsidiary of MRS Oil and Gas as the Senior Manager – Finance and Administration.
Abisola was a Special Adviser to Minister of Budget and Economic Planning, Atiku Bagudu.
She has been married to Kolapo Kola-Daisi, son of a billionaire industrialist from Ibadan since 2010 and blessed with three lovely children.
After their engagement ceremony on the 5th of November 2010, Bisola and KP’s wedding took place on 6th of November 2010 in Ibadan, Nigeria.
It was a beautiful ceremony as the Islamic wedding rites were completed and Bisola and KP were joined as husband and wife in the presence of their family and friends
