User:Sumbo72

Tomori olasumboTomori Philomena Olasumbo was born on December 12, 1972 to Victoria Aduni Tomori and Johnson Sholanke Tomori at NO 1 Olaide Tomori street off planking Ikeja, Lagos Nigeria,Her father a an international business man then, he had up to seven or eight wives, her mother a very hard working woman struggled to give her children the best before passing away in Oct 1984.sumbo was raised by her two sisters Abosede Shotunde and  Abiola O dubela. Abosede later adopted her and raised her as one of her home. she sent her to the United kingdom with the rest of her siblings to make a better lives for themselves.Sumbo struggled in London and later got married to Benjamen Aina a custom officer for Her royal majesty in the UK. They welcomed a baby boy in march 2008. sumbo lost her mother at the age of 10 when she was about to start high school and also lost her Dad when she was 20 and about to start the university. she graduated with Bsc sociology in 1997 from Ondo state university Ado-ekiti now known as University of Ado-ekiti, ekiti state.Olasumbo has three brothers and two sister from her real mother. the elderest is Akinola Tomori, followed by Oladoyinbo Tomori,then Abosede Shotunde, Abiola Odubela, Bolaji Tomori. she is the last born but became the first child when she was adopted by Abosede she got three new sisters, Olakunmbi Bamgbose, Temitope Jolayemi, Tosin Shotunde and two brothers Olatunde shotunde and Afolabi Shotunde. Abosede also adopted two of her nephew who lost their mother at a very little age, Oladunjoye and Olanrewaju Tomori, which gives Abosede eight children to look after and to the glory of God she did a good job and she is sill doing it. Sumbo attended Springfield nursery school in ikeja and Igomode nursery and primary sango ota when the family moved to ota ogun state, she attended st peters primary school ota and also Anglican grammar school for a year before her mother passed away and she moved back to Lagos state to leave with Abiola in agege.she graduated from Vetland Grammar school  in 1991 where she met her then best friend Ayoade Adekanmbi. her husband Benjamen who was just a friend at that time. She gained admission into the University if Ado-Ekiti to study sociology which is where she met Sade Shotayo, Yemisi Adama, Sumbo Anifowoshe and others, she graduated in 1997 and was posted to Enugu State in Nigeria where she served her country for a year, she met Yewande Lawal and Jowis Airhunmde.During her service she was a protocol officer to the Governor of Enugu state which gave her the opportunity to travel the country and appear on NTA news everyday.She finished her youth service in December 1998. The following year she started searching for employment but to no luck so she joined the family business and was also able to open a mini market, she was successful. but her sister Abosede still wanted her to join her sibling in UK so she was given a UK visa after been refused entry three times. she came to UK august 2000 and worked as a cashier in a coffee shop in London bridge but fired after a year while on holiday in Nigeria because her boss did not believe she traveled to Nigeria, luckily for sumbo, she was tired of the job, a moth later she got a job as a reception security officer in oxford circus, the money was good, she was also able to afford a one bedroom flat in Camden town.God was really with her but she was still single and worried, then she met a young man name Kenny sulaiman who she taught was God sent but was actually sent by the devil, she lost her job, her accommodation and fled to Nigeria to avoid the man, while she was in Nigeria, she became a born again christian and her sister abiola took her for a deliverance service hosted by mountain of fire ministries, after the deliverance things changed for her, she met her husband and wet back to the United kingdom.Sumbo's passion is writing stories, she has written lots of unpublished stories including the story of her life tittle "my life,the way i lived it" and the black cashew nut which about how one of her sisters is so different from everyone.she is currently trying to get BBC to accept her adaptation of a Nigerian play titled the God's are not to blame by Oladele Rotimi.