Background
Adele was born in Lagos in 1893, the grandson of Oba Adele Ajosun, his father was Buraimoh Adele, a Lagos merchant and mother was Moriamo Lalugbi.
Adele was born in Lagos in 1893, the grandson of Oba Adele Ajosun, his father was Buraimoh Adele, a Lagos merchant and mother was Moriamo Lalugbi.
He studied at Holy Trinity Primary School, Ebutte-Ero and then at Content Management System Grammar School, Lagos. After his secondary education, he joined the colonial service as a trainee surveyor, after completing his training, he was posted to Kano as a surveyor. He served as a land surveyor with the Cameroon Expeditionary Force during World War I. Adele later worked with the treasury department and became a chief clerk in 1937.