[3][4][5][6][7] Adebayo was born in Esa-Oke, Obokun Local Government Area of Osun State.
He completed the mandatory one-year National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) program.
degree in plant science in 1992, and subsequently earned a Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) in Entomology from Ladoke Akintola University of Technology, Ogbomoso, Oyo State, in 2003.
Since then, he has served in various capacities, including chairman, Admission Committee; the institution's Coordinator of Students Industrial Work Experience Scheme (SIWES),[9] and Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Academics) from 2014 to 2016 during the tenure of Professor Adeniyi Sulaimon Gbadegesin.
His research has been published in local and international journals[10] On 17 September 2020, Adebayo was appointed the fourth substantive Vice Chancellor of Ajayi Crowther University,[11] Oyo, by the institution's Governing Council,[12] led by Chief Wole Olanipekun (SAN).