Oba Lateef Adams: As Fashion Designer, I Made Clothes for Presidents Babangida, Obasanjo, Jonathan

His Royal Majesty, Oba Lateef Adams, the Onikate of Ikate Kingdom in Surulere, Lagos State embodies an uncommon blend of entrepreneurial excellence, family values and purposeful traditional leadership. Long before ascending the throne in 2016, he had built a formidable reputation as one of Nigeria’s pioneering fashion entrepreneurs. Through Latris Fashion, his fashion house, he helped redefine indigenous menswear, earning national recognition as Fashion House of the Year award in 1990 from the renowned Daily Times. As he celebrates 10 years on the throne and sets out to empower his subjects this coming weeks, Oba Adams speaks to Bennett Oghifo on life, childhood, fashion, ascension to the throne, legacy and accomplishments:

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