Adeduntan Consoles Ex-Banker, Onasanya over His Mother’s Death

Life is a long string of moments and memories, some easily trapped and others forever lost. The CEO of First Bank, Dr. Adesola Adeduntan, has shown that friends and colleagues help trap memories by how he consoled his predecessor, the former First Bank MD, Bisi Onasanya over the loss of the latter’s mother.

Onasanya is the latest high-profile Nigerian to feel the sting of death against a loved one. The deceased, Mrs. Selimot Elizabeth Onasanya (Nee Folorunsho), passed on to glory on November 16, 2023, at the age of 88. She might not have been known across Africa, but she left behind a son who has achieved that height and whose influence is stretching even further.

Well-wishers like Adeduntan reminded Onasanya of the impact that his late mother made during her lifetime. Joined by Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, and several others, Adeduntan brought the life of Onasanya’s departed mother into perspective, in the hopes of consoling him.

Such gestures are expected of friends and genuine colleagues looking out for one another’s interests. Onasanya, despite no longer calling winds and rains in the seat of a banker, still wields enough influence in the world of banking to have earned the fellow feelings of Adeduntan and co. Moreover, their words strike a truth chord and demonstrate the investments of Mama Onasanya in the life of the banker-turned-real-estate giant.

After his time at First Bank, Onasanya turned to real estate and quickly started leaving prints with The Address Homes. At this time, this agency has raked in popularity points and nearly reached the point of competing with old-timers in the realty sector. All of this comes from the contributions of people like his late mother.

As the departed Onasanya matriarch has been laid to rest (December 14, 2023), her son will continue to decorate her memory with remarkable feats, celebrating milestone after milestone while remembering the origins of his ambitions.