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Olajide Abiodun Babatunde
Olajide Abiodun Babatunde is the founder and Managing Partner of Capital Inn Hotels Limited. He is a Development Consultant with over 18 years of experience as an Urban Planner. He has over the years demonstrated a sound knowledge of the property and hospitality business. Olajide has a background in Urban and Regional Planning, Land Administration, and Geographical Information. He also has a Masters degree in Development and Planning.

Using his skills and technical know-how as a Development Consultant, he founded the Capital Inn® brand (RC.638801) on the 9th Day of November 2005. Capital Inn facilities are developed as Nigeria’s first chain of boutique hotels and galleries, with rooms branded after different cities in Nigeria and other cities around the world. The hotel and property chain currently has the following facilities: Capital Hill, Wuse II Abuja (2 houses with staff quarters comprising a total of 22 rooms, swimming pool, tennis and basketball courts); Capital Lodge@Maitama (10 rooms); Capital Inn@Ibadan (30 rooms); Capital Lodge@Ibadan (5 rooms); Capital Apartments@Ibadan (4 townhouses with guest chalets comprising 24 rooms- under development); and Capital Place@Ibadan (2 bedroom flat for short let). Also, the company is the proud owner of a first-class mini shopping mall called Capital Mall, Ibadan. Website for Capital Inn at www.capitalinnhotels.com.ng

Mr. Babatunde is owner and Managing Partner of OAB Capital Guards Ltd® (RC.652505); OAB Capital Properties® (RC.368801); OAB Capital Motors® (RC.638090); which are grouped under OAB Holdings Limited® (RC. 1222730). All companies under the OAB Group contribute 10 percent of their profit to fund the Ibadan Music Society of Nigeria (IMUSON), and the Initiative for Self Help Communities Nigeria (ISHCN) sponsored by Olajide, his wife, daughter, and Associates.

Olajide is a lover and collector of art from all over the world, with more than 2,000 original works in his collection, located and displayed across his properties in Abuja, Ibadan, and Atlanta.

== Education                                                                                                                                                                                                         ==


 * Harvard Kennedy School of Government; “Executive Leadership Decision Making: Optimising Organisational Performance” (2013).
 * University College London (UCL), Development Planning Unit (DPU); MSc. Development and Planning (2008).
 * Swede Survey, Sweden; Advanced International Certificate in “Land Administration & Geographical Information” (2003).
 * Ladoke Akintola University of Technology, Oyo state; B. Tech in Urban and Regional Planning (1999).