Former chairman of Punch Nigeria Ltd, Chief Ajibola Ogunsola is in deep grief arising from the loss of his first and only daughter, Mrs Yetunde Oghomi
Former chairman of Punch Nigeria Ltd, Chief Ajibola Ogunsola is in deep grief arising from the loss of his first and only daughter, Mrs Yetunde Oghomienor. The unfortunate incident occurred on Wednesday, 26 June, 2019 in London. Oghomienor died after a protracted battle with cancer. She was aged 48.
Oghomienor was the first of the four children of Ajibola and Iyabo, his wife of 50 years. She was also the couple’s only daughter. Described as a loving and vivacious lady, Oghomienor was the apple of her father’s eyes. Her birth was said to have coincided with the death of her paternal grandmother, Madam Janet Alatede, who was acknowledged as the second most prominent indigenous textile trader in Ibadan during her lifetime.
Until her death, Yetunde Oghomienor was the co-founder of Aframero Limited, Nigeria’s leading provider of woodworking solutions to the interior design and furniture manufacturing companies in Nigeria and held the position of Managing Director. She was an Alumna of Queens College Lagos, University of Lagos, University of London and was a member of the Owner Management Program (OMP16) at the Lagos Business School. In a year of extremely high-quality applications, she was a 2015 Fellow of the Vital Voices Grow programme, an initiative by Hilary Clinton to provide support to female entrepreneurs in high potential businesses.
With an academic background in accounting and international business as well as a certification in banking, Oghomienor worked in international procurement, retail, consulting, banking and oil services. At Shell Service International in the United Kingsom and Netherlands, she was among the first set of people trained on SAP R/3 enterprise software.
Oghomienor supported causes that promote the welfare of minors including those with developmental disabilities. She competed in the MTN half marathon in 2002 to raise money for the Red Cross motherless babies’ home in Yaba.
She was until 2014 a contributor with the Essential Interiors magazine. Oghomienor was married to Leslie Oghomienor, a seasoned entrepreneur and renowned businessman of international repute. He is the chairman, Russell Smith Nigeria; eminent voting board member, FCBarcelona, Spain; president, Penya De Lagos Club, and chairman, Blaugrana Group International, promoters of the elite Barca Academy, first in Sub – Saharan Africa, and founder Legends for Children project, for the championing of indigent children education, with special interest for the girl child.
The marriage, contracted in 2007, produced two children.
