Having taken the real estate landscape by storm with works of stunning artistry and sprawling splendour., Sijibomi Ogundele is already flying at an age when many of his compeers still live from hand to mouth. The young man whose meteoric rise rests on his delivery of classy housing units to upwardly mobile Nigerians is reputedly already a Naira billionaire by age 36. The world, it seems, is his oyster.
Rumour making the rounds now is that the dude atop Sujimotors and Construction is head over heels in love with Tito Ovia, the second daughter of Zenith Bank chairman and Forbes-certified billionaire Jim Ovia. Whenever he sees the beautiful woman, Siju’s heart goes into fits of ecstasy, doing backflips and cartwheels of delight.
Those expecting this to be a one-sided love better recalibrate their expectations. The delectable Miss Ovia has also felt the wound from Cupid’s arrow. The two of them have become inseparable. During Tito’s birthday, Sujimoto reportedly pulled out all the stops as he spoiled her silly with lavish celebrations in some Island hot spots.
So madly has Siju being intoxicated by Tito’s allure that he is even willing to forsake his past life as a ladies’ man for a lifetime of happily ever after with the well-educated lady. According to whispers, the well-packaged young man whose Lorenzo by Sujimoto, an architectural masterpiece on Bourdillion Road, Ikoyi is still under construction, is ready to take the extra step to the altar with Tito.
But while many are expecting wedding bells to start ringing for Siju in the nearest future, others can already hear the clank clank of alarm bells. According to them, Tito’s father Jim Ovia would definitely not countenance giving his daughter to a man who has a reputation for serial heartbreaking.