You might have heard of Sir Kitoye Ajasa— the first Nigerian to be knighted by the British and also one of the 6 Nigerians that participated in the formal process that led to the amalgamation of Nigeria.

But you might not have heard of Sir Kitoye Ajasa's daughter, Lady Oyinkan Ajasa and her unbelievable love story.

In the 1920s while working as a music teacher at the Anglican Girls' Seminary, Lady Oyinkan met a lawyer named Mr Moronfolu Abayomi. She loved him so much and they married in 1923.

Two months later, what Lady Oyinkan and the love of her life didn't planned for, happened. Barrister Moronfolu Abayomi was shot and he bled to death. The Barrister defended an insurance company against a Lagos elite called Duro Delphonso.

Delphonso lost the case. While being led out of the Tinubu Court House to begin his jail term, Delphonso shot Barrister Moronfolu and then turned the gun on himself.

Devasted by the turn of event, Lady Kofo vowed never to marry anyone again. But her resolve would be broken by a man who came and showed a love greater than the one she had for her late husband.

In 1929, Dr. Kofo John (the first private practitioner to be elected president of the Nigerian Medical Association) approached Lady Oyinkan and asked for her hand in marriage.

Thinking she can send him away by asking for something impossible for a man of his status to do, she asked him to change his name to the name of her late husband.

And in an unbelievable end of story, he agreed, married her in 1930, and changed his name to Dr Kofo Abayomi. This was how the famous Dr Kofo Abayomi got the "Abayomi" in his name.

In this picture, Lady Oyinkan is seen arriving at an event with Dr Kofo Abayomi—her new husband who loves her just as much as she loved her late husband.
#apotheosisofknowledgefacts via Karolyna

I haven't heard about this name before

Kofo Abayomi street is one of the most important streets in Lagos housing high profile embassies

Simp

You have not been to Lagos

Malory:
I haven't heard about this name before

SIMP of the decade

Tomakint is this a love story?

Damn!

88natzy:
SIMP of the decade

Nna ehn!

Malory:
I haven't heard about this name before

na two things go cause am
1, you no dey stay for Lagos
2, you no dey plan to leave naija

What a SIMple man.......

How can anyone agree to such ridiculousness

Meaning whenever she looks at him she sees her late husband. Then where is the love for the new man if he is been imagined as the late husband?

These were the intial iddiots that sold people to the British.

This is what Nnamdi Kanu through IPOB seeks to unbundle.

God bless him.

Things men do for love.
Things men do for social status

Kofo Abayomi is a street on Victoria Island, Lagos.

wow love is sweet and nice

Crazy! First off, was Kofo John a Yoruba man ? Cos a typical Yoruba man would not change/leave his fathers name for anything in the world.

BeardedMeat:
Tomakint is this a love story?

Damn!

anyone you call am.....