Humble Beginnings

Isaac Folayan Alade was born at Aramoko- Ekiti, the twenty third surviving child of late Chief Daniel Ojo Alade (who was the head of the Eleyinmi Chieftaincy household and Baba Egbe of St Philips Anglican Church in Aramoko Ekiti) on the 24th of November in 1933.

He was the last-born child of his mother Eyelori Aina Ogunwenu Alade (the fifth wife of Pa Daniel Alade who hailed from the family of Chief Ologbosere of Oke-Oja) also in Aramoko Ekiti.