Prince Olumide Afolabi Obadofin of Hoffman Estates

Prince Olumide Afolabi Obadofin of Hoffman Estates;aA Son, Brother, Husband, Father, Grandfather , Uncle, Cousin, Friend and a radiant person in and out. Born on the 29th of January, 1962 into the Obadofin Royal Family of Akunu-Akoko in Ondo State, Nigeria, Prince Olumide Afolabi Obadofin spent his childhood in Iludun-Oro, Kwara State of Nigeria. During his teenage years, he lived in Omupo where he attended Omupo Grammar School and then Ikare-Akoko, Ondo state, for his sixth form education. In 1985, Prince Olumide Afolabi Obadofin bagged his Bachelor of Arts Degree in English Language at the prestigious University of Ife in Ile-Ife of Osun State. He completed his compulsory one-year national service under the National Youth Service Corp in 1986 during which he met the love of his life Modupe Obadofin. He worked as an academic staff at Ansar-Ud-Deen High School, Ijebu-Isiwo of Ogun State, Nigeria. He then worked at the Pen Protective Company, Lagos Island, Nigeria after which He transitioned to work for NEPA( National Electric Power Authority) now known as the Electrical Distribution Company in Nigeria where he rose to the position of Assistant General Manager at the Headquarters located in Abuja, FCT, Nigeria until his retirement in 2018. Daddy spent over 40 years of his life happily married to Modupe Obadofin with three fulfilled children Oluwatimilehin, Oluwamuyitomiwa, Oluwatamilore and two grandchildren; Omodesire and Oluwatomini. Prince Olumide Afolabi Obadofin loved, protected, and cherished his family enviously. He was popular for his charismatic character, his jovial calm demeanor, and his love for pictures (he wasted no picture-perfect-moment). With an exciting and distinctive personality, he was quickly nicknamed everywhere he went; Oga-Kelechi, Oba-Nacho, Baba-NEPA, Oba in London, and King were a few of his nicknames. Grandpa loved God devotedly, he believed in loving his neighbor and living like Christ. Oba-Nacho! Oba-Na-Gidi-Gidi-Tamba-Tamba-Nile-Tamba-Loko! Visitation Friday, December 30, 2022 from 9:00 A.M. to 12:00 P.M. at Morizzo Funeral Home, 2550 Hassell Road, Hoffman Estates, IL 60169. Internment to follow at Saint Michael the Archangel Cemetery in Palatine. The family has created this Life Tributes page to make it easy to share your memories, photos, and videos. For further information please contact the Morizzo Funeral Directors at 847.752.6444. For those of you that would have attended services and would like to express your condolences to the family, please click on the link above and you can leave the family a message, with the share a memory link. If you wish to send a Sympathy Card to the Family, please feel free to send it to Morizzo Funeral Home, 2550 Hassell Road, Hoffman Estates, Illinois, 60169 c/o The Family. We will gladly forward it on.

Prince Olumide Afolabi Obadofin of Hoffman Estates

January 29, 1962 - December 27, 2022