[1] Her father was Sir Kitoye Ajasa, a prominent Saro tribesman who was the first Nigerian to be knighted by the British, and her mother was Lucretia Olayinka Moore, an omoba of an Egba royal family.

She then went to school at the Young Ladies Academy at Ryford Hall, located in Gloucestershire, England.

It was during this time when she met a lawyer named Moronfolu Abayomi.

When she returned to Nigeria, she connected with the local Lagos Nigerian Girl Guides Association, which was founded by an English woman.

Abayomi joined the group and was the first Nigerian woman to serve as a supervisor.

She also became active in the education of women and girls in Nigeria, which was not equal to that of men and boys.

[1] She did fundraising and promoting for Queen's College through the West African Educated Girls' Club, an organization she founded.

Abayomi was honored with five Nigerian chieftaincy titles, including that of the Iya Abiye of Egbaland.