Abiola finished her secondary education in 1983 and studied theatre Arts at the Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile Ife.

Her first acting role was a stage play titled Remilekun Jankarino by Ben Tomiloju in 1986.

She featured in multiple stage plays, which showed in Lagos, Ibadan, Jos and Kaduna, among other places.

[3] She has gone on to feature in multiple productions such as In the cupboard by Desmond Elliot, I will take my chances produced by Emem Isong and Damages with Uche Jombo.

She presented a show called Adam and Eve for 5 years on NTA.