Francis Adefarakanmi Agbede
Francis Adefarakanmi Agbede is a Nigerian businessman and monarch who has been the 13th Olowa of Igbara-oke kingdom, Ondo State since 2017.Biography
He was born on 24 July 1954 into a royal dynasty of Ogidi by Chief Ezekiel Abiodun Agbede, a retired police officer, and his mother, Mrs. Florence, a trader. He attended the Baptist Primary School in Kaduna and later proceeded to Anglican Grammar School in Igbara-Oke. He earned a degree in Business Administration at Bayero University, Kano, Nigeria, and later did post graduate studies overseas.
He has worked as a teacher, administrator, accountant and as a security and intelligence consultant. He is the Chairman of Crown Continental Limited.
He is a Member of different professional bodies; Member of American Society of Industrial Security, MASIS; Member, Nigerian Institute of Management, MNIM; Member, British Chartered Institute of Management, MBCIM; Member of the World Association of Detectives, MWAD; Fellow of the Institute of Fraud Examiner of Nigeria, African Awareness School, an Affiliate of Babcock University; Fellow, Certified Institute of Management, FCIM.
