Abigail Oladoyin Aduke was born on August 17th, 1958 into the family of Late Pa J G Ekunnrin of Sanganmo Compound, Oke-Ode Land in Kwara State and Late Mrs Grace Oredola Ekunnrin from Atosa Compound in Iresi, Osun State.
She lived with her mother and her other siblings, her elder brother, now Chief Oludaisi Aina the Asiwaju of Iresi land, her immediate younger brother now Eesa Oladosu Ekunnrin, Eesa of Oke-Ode Land (Head of the Kingmakers’ Council), twin brothers Otunba Taiye Ekunnrin (Baba Insurance) and Mr Kehinde Ekunnrin also an insurance manager. They all lived at Oke-Ode, Isanlu Isin and Ekanmeje between 1958 and 1965 when they suddenly lost their mother in 1965.
After the death of their mother at Ekanmeje, Oladoyin and her immediate younger brother Eesa Oladosu Ekunnrin were temporarily moved to Ado-Ekiti to live with their father, and later moved to Oke-Ode where they both attended ECWA Primary School, Oke-Ode. Within the same year, they moved to Mushin, Lagos until 1966. They were again moved from Mushin to Badia in Lagos to live with their paternal Uncle Baba Idowu and his wife Iya Idowu due to their father’s incessant trips in and outside the country as an alternative medical practitioner. The twins were taken to Akure to live with their maternal grandmother.
In Badia, at their tender age of 8 and 6 respectively, Yeye oge Oladoyin and Eesa Oladosu went through tougher lifestyle where they were made to serve more like hirelings, street-trading cooked food from Badia to Ebute Metta to Oyingbo, Iddo, part of Lagos Island, Apapa back to Badia. They would usually walk from Badia to Ebute Metta a distance of over 10 kilometres to fetch firewood for cooking. Her brother Eesa Oladosu was also signed into a 20-year long welding training while living on just one cloth each through the year and a meal a day.
In 1969, they were rescued and moved to Omu-Aran in Kwara State to live with their father and many stepmothers. In Omu-Aran, Oladoyin attended ECWA Primary School, Agamo. Life was good at Omu-Aran where she developed interest in home economics, which later laid her foundation in fashion designing.
