To cite a verse in the bible which says "Seeth a man diligent in his piece of work he will stand before Kings, Queens, Princes and Princesses and not just before Ordinary men", and in the affirmation to this beautiful scriptural expression ; permit we unwind on the recent interview we had with a professional tailor; Dr. Adeyinka Olatunji commonly known as "Mosco the Tailor, with his shop around Oke Ado in Ibadan Oyo State, who is a very dexterous, humble, courteous ,experienced, native-intelligently knowledgeable and multifaceted, yet blessed with wisdom about life , with his penchant for truth, is a man that could be mistaken for a practicing alfa.
This professional tailor; Dr. Adeyinka Olatunji was born to Late/ Alhaji Lasisi Ida Olatunji and Mrs Falilatu Yinyinola in 1966 at Idi-Arere in Ibadan, Oyo State. And being a child from a polygamous family but very promising he had his primary school experience to the detail, while afterwards opted for tailoring, with the zeal and determination to excel in the profession of his choice; tailoring, he learnt to know how to sew all kinds of dressings both for male, female, young, old, English-type and the native, with much commitment, prayerful life and good human relation he started having his own avid customers, who prefer having their clothing sew by him .
Meanwhile, his apprenticeship which he had in 1979 led to his gaining freedom, and being on his own in 1985 and with a single sewing-machine he started serving his numerous customers, both literate and illiterate, rich and poor, privileged and less-privileged, until a period when one of his customers; a driver to a big company then brought his son's clothing to him , for sewing precisely to be made into a young-child suit, which he creatively did a good job on it and this caught the fancy of the boss to the driver, one way or the other and that was how great-luck shined and struck on him; Dr.Adeyinka Olatunji then and he was thereby endeared to the heart of the driver's boss; Chief Osideko, who Moscow started sewing for, and Chief Osideko put him on contract annually, to be sewing some large consignment of his company's staff uniforms, from which with more rapport, love and understanding between Moscow; the tailor and his God-sent helper; Chief Osideko he started making it financially big, considerably in comparison to the how and where he started and yet he came across another distinguished customer; Chief Ayininuola; an overall director to Wema Banks Plc then, as introduced by Chief Osideko to Chief Ayinninuola his luck gradually and encouragingly expanding for good, as he got more clients (customers) like Chief Olu Obagun who he was also introduced to by Chief Osideko, to the extent of having Alaafin Iku Baba Yeye Oba Lamidi Adeyemi, as one of his presently active customers, among his many on his list, yet his tailoring profession so also had given him the opportunity to travel overseas.
While responding to the impact of prayer to his line of occupation and activities, as a professional tailor of much experience, connection and achievement; he emphatically made us realized that prayer as an essential means of communication with God is the secrecy to any breakthrough in life, and any line, which without it nothing is achievable, buttressing up his point that "If God Almighty buildeth not; those that build are doing it in vain", hence he abides by prayer, with humility and good human relation, which had seen him breaking-through to his present state of proficiency, prosperity, popularity, prominence and connection, though he defended by advocating on truth as an essential quality, aside prayer and good human relation, if life should be made to be of a complete-experience regarding worthwhile success, in whatever pursuit anybody might have singled himself/herself out.
However, "Mosco-the Tailor" as Dr Adeyinka Olatunji as he's often being called, by many of his admirers and customers, is a dexterous tailor of long and much experience, very multifaceted, but a self-effacing fashion-designer, very closed to our Amiable Governor Abiola Ajimobi of Oyo State, as his regular tailor, by whose 'Midas-touch and the golden fingers; have been the expert, behind the different but fitting and splendidly made native garbs, often being put on by Our Amiable Governor Abiola Ajimobi to many of his official outings, including his usual native garbs for the office work, by the way, Mosco came across the governor through the governor's brother; Toyin Ajimobi who after much reliance and good work for him was invited by the governor,s wife; Chief/Mrs Florence Ajimobi, who eventually gave some stuffs of textile-material to sew for her husband and eventually that was how the age-long deals; serving as the governor's tailor started till date.
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