He attended Saint John's Anglican Primary School, Ijebu-Itele for his elementary studies in the late 1930s.
Afterwards, he left Ijebu for Lagos where he established a printing press business.
Prior to his appointment as the Moyegeso of Itele, he was a successful businessman owning a printing press company called Nigerian Service Printers in Surulere, Lagos.
He had also served as the treasurer on the board of the Itele Community Development Association at a point during his youth days.
For example, it was during his reign that the Moyegeso of Itele became a coronet and gained elevation to the status of a part II Oba by the Ogun State government of Nigeria.