Kessington Abebukunola Adebutu

Kesington Adebukunola Adebutu, (born October 24, 1935) is the first person to start a Lotto business in Nigeria. He started the popular Face-to Face Pools Betting company with Chief Adebayo Ayoku, registering it in 1971. Today Kessington Adebutu owns one of Nigeria's leading betting companies, Premier Lotto Limited. The premier pools betting and gaming company which also offers Lotto Services is called Baba Ijebu. He is the 'Odole-Oodua of Ife and Balogun of Remo land also called Baba-Ijebu as he is fondly called which name is now anonymous to betting in Nigeria.'

Early life Adebutu is a native of Iperu Remo in Ikenne Local Government of Ogun State. He was born on October 24, 1935, to the Muslim family of Alhaji Karimu Folarin and Alhaja Seliat Olasimbi in Iperu-Remo. He started his early education at Ijero Baptist School, Apapa Road, Ebute-Meta in Lagos to complete his primary education. He attended Baptist Academy, Lagos. After completing his primary education, he started his secondary education in 1951 and completed it at Remo Secondary School, Sagamu, Ogun state. In 1955 he obtained his Secondary School Leaving Certificate.

Career After completing his secondary school, Adebutu worked briefly with Cable and Wireless Limited, (later called NITEL). When he left NITEL he joined Classic Chemical Limited, a pharmaceutical company that produces Andrews Liver Salts and Cafenol. He started out as a salesman and later rose to become the Sales Manager. In 1963, he left the company to start up his own company, Premier Lotto Limited and also founded the Kessington Adebukola Adebutu Foundation. He is a philanthropist.