YEYE OTUNBA

Adetokunbo Belo

YEYE OTUNBA ATEWOGBUWA OF IJEBU

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Yeye Otunba Adetokunbo Belo was on the 12th of February, 1957 into the family of Mr. T. A. Otubanjo and Mrs. Mosunmola Otubanjo. Her mother, Mrs. Otubanjo is the daughter of late Pa. Tade Odunsi, the eldest son of late Pa Omoba Abasi Odunsi, ATOMOTELE of Idepo Quarters, Ijebu-Ode. Yeye Otunba Adetokunbo Belo’s maternal grandfather (Pa Abasi Odunsi’s father) was Prince Osiye-Ade, the son of Oba Moloda of Odogbolu.

Yeye Otunba Adetokunbo Belo had her primary and secondary education at St. Saviours School, Ikoyi and St. Anne’s School, Ibadan between 1961 and 1975 respectively. She proceeded to the United Kingdom for her post-secondary education where she attended the Fern Hill Manor School, New Milton; St. James College, Dorset and College of Citizenship, Aylesbury between 1975 and 1980 where she obtained her Diploma Executive Certificates in Secretarial Studies and Bilingual Secretarial Studies.

Having worked for several years in Nigeria’s banking sector, Yeye Otunba Adetokunbo Belo left United Bank for Africa Plc in 1996 to set up her private business. She went into partnership with a South African company to establish DVR International Ltd, a firm offering courses in Interior Decoration.

Yeye Otunba Adetokunbo Belo is also the Managing Director of The Townhouse Ltd, an exquisite and Boutique hotel.

She was conferred with the chieftaincy title of ‘Yeye Otunba Atewogbuwa’ by His Royal Majesty, Alayeluwa Oba (Dr.) S. K. Adetona, CFR, the Awujale and Paramount Ruler of Ijebuland on 17th May 2008.