• How silver spoon kids celebrated their golden age
They are no relatives but they share same surname, like phenomenal twins from different wombs; and besides being born into affluence, the only other thing uniting Deji and Biola Okoya is a shared birth year. For the duo, their claim to fame was the name of their fathers. Deji is the son of the late table tennis buff and noteworthy philanthropist, Chief Molade Okoya-Thomas.
Though Deji likes to maintain a low profile, it is not to say that he is not equally gregarious like his dad. Thus, when he got married to Omotola Olutayo a few years back, there was no doubting that the new couple had the world at their feet and savouring the bliss of their union was theirs for the taking. But darts were thrown into the couple’s balloon a few months after as Omotola died of breast cancer, shattering the world of the easy-going dude. The young woman left behind a distraught husband and a hapless set of twins. Ever since, Deji has recoiled deeper into his shell. Some days ago, he celebrated his 50th birthday in Renaissance Lagos Ikeja Hotel, GRA, Ikeja. It was a classy event.
Likewise, Biola who had a running battle with her father many years till former President, Olusegun Obasanjo, intervened, celebrated her 50th birthday some days ago. She used to be the life and soul of the party, the woman who will never go home while there is one man, woman or glass of anything not yet drunk. But today, she has taken a radical turn. She is no longer the social nymph she used to be. Back when she used to cruise at full throttle on Nigeria’s fast lanes, no party hosted in Lagos and Abuja, Nigeria’s entertainment capitals is complete without the presence of Biola. She rocked every party like it was her last.
