Adewole Adebayo

Prince Adewole Adebayo, born on January 8, 1972, in Ondo City, is a lawyer and founder of KAFTAN TV. His family traces lineage back to 1510 and belongs to the Ondo royal family.

From 1978 to 1983, he attended St. Stephen Primary School in Ondo, followed by St. Joseph College in Ondo between 1983 and 1989. Between 1991 and 1997, he studied at Obafemi Awolowo University, where he earned a law degree.

After graduating from the Nigerian Law School in Lagos in 2000, Adewole passed his bar exams and later studied law in the United States, where he passed the New York Bar Exams.

He began his legal career as a litigation lawyer at Tunji Abayomi and Co. in Lagos. In 2002, he founded Adewole Adebayo & Co., House of Law, a recognized law firm by the International Financial Law Firm Review.

His law firm represented Continental Transfert Technique Limited in a case involving Femi Falana (SAN) and the Nigerian government over the constitutionality of CERPAC fees.

In 2006, Adewole was appointed by the United Nations and the Economic Community of West African States as a Commissioner on Liberia’s Truth and Reconciliation Commission.

He is listed as an active attorney by the State Bar of California and holds membership in the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators as a Fellow, with Nigeria as his primary branch.

Adewole founded KAFTAN TV in 2016, a regional news network broadcasting in Hausa and Yoruba, reaching over a million viewers. The network supports an apprenticeship program for young broadcasters, training over 1,000 individuals.

Beyond media, he has interests in agriculture, forestry, and mining, including a large-scale tree-planting initiative in northern Nigeria and a marble-processing site in Abuja.

He sponsors over 2,000 young Nigerians in tertiary education and has financially empowered numerous individuals across the country. Adewole has also provided shelter for Nigerians fleeing religious violence.

Each year, he hosts an annual Christmas marathon in Ondo, attracting around 5,000 participants from Nigeria and Africa. Adewole engages in public affairs commentary and participates in Nigerian politics as part of the Third Force.

He ran for president in the 2023 Nigerian elections under the Social Democratic Party, losing with 80,267 votes. In May 2026, he was nominated as the SDP’s presidential candidate for the 2027 elections.