Background
Kola Onadipe was born in Ijebu-Ode, Ogun state, Nigeria. He was born into a polygamous family and was the second son of his mother.
Kola Onadipe was born in Ijebu-Ode, Ogun state, Nigeria. He was born into a polygamous family and was the second son of his mother.
Onadipe studied Law at the University of London in 1949 and later opened a law firm with his close friend Abraham Adesanya.
He died at the age of sixty-six after he suffered a stroke on 4 December 1988. He is buried at his residential home in Ogbogbo, Ijebu-Ode, Nigeria. He was the Principal of Olu-Iwa College (one of the four major High Schools in Ijebu-Ode in the late 40"s, the 50"s and early 60"s).
He was a staunch disciplinarian and kept the school in top level academic and moral flavor.
He was well respected by the proprietor of the school, Chief Timothy Adeola Odutola. Boys from all over Nigeria who were admitted to the college became great men under him and went to higher institutions of learning both at home and abroad to become greater leaders and professionals in life.
They are too many to mention or list.