Billionaire Oba Obateru Akinruntan, the
Olugbo of Ugboland in Ondo and chairman
of Obat Oil spoke recently of his love for
the good things of life and how he loves to
be the first in acquiring these things. In a
recent interview with City People, the Oba
described himself as a stylish king
“First and foremost I am very creative and
secondly, I emulate the style of our
forefathers, wearing royal beads as an old
style. You know these days, if you want to
become a popular and flamboyant king, you
have to use diamonds. Diamond chains,
diamond wrist watches, diamond shoes,
diamond ring and my muffler is also made
of diamond or gold. And that will make you
unique among other Obas and that doesn’t
make you proud. I like to be the first in
everything. I have the largest oil tank in West
Africa today. Again my chain of cars, I use
the same type of automobile with the Queen
of England, Queen Elizerbeth, we use the
same Rolls Royce and Bentley. Asides that, I
have 7 door limousine Mercedes, I want to
be the first in everything.
The Oba who has an aquarium wristwatch
that is worth $500,00 spoke of his
wristwatch collections
“I also have a wrist watch that cost $1
million. Aside that I am a car freak and what
I wear with the way I dress, my shoe, my
royal diamond cap, wrist watches, diamond
ring, and my diamond Mofila is the new
thing I have added to it now. I do my
shopping in London Jeweller, a special store
for top ranking personalities of the world. I
wear expensive wrist watches, shoes and
chains all made of diamond”. he told City
People