Sijibomi Ogundele: Grace Personified 

For Sijibomi Ogundele, the Chief Executive Officer of Sujimoto Construction Company to have bounced back like the proverbial cat with nine lives, despite the harsh business storm directed at him in year 2016/17, it’s a clear indication that; who God has blessed, no man can curse. To flourish in Nigeria’s business firmament, most expecially in the real estate terrain, you must have the heart of Hercules, the fearlessness of Achilles.

Sujimoto as he is fondly called, surely posses all the above qualities instilled in him to have remained unruffled despite the hard typhoon directed to sink his business empire. Despite learning the ABC of doing busines from his mother during his formative years in the city of Kaduna, the ‘Motomatics’ originator was reported to have lost over $90m in his quest to build the tallest residential building in Sub-Saharan Africa called “Lorenzo By Sujimoto’ situated on Bourdilon, Ikoyi, Lagos. As if that was not enough, he lost several investors and also refunded hundreds of millions of naira to the ‘offtakers’ who have deposited for the much talked about edifice.

But like the biblical story of the ‘Children of Zion’ when God turned their captives around, The Agege born shrewd businessman now has a reason to smile again. With his wealth of experience in the real estate business laced with his wondrous luxurious taste, the serial entrepreneur is hell bent on redefining the skylines of Lekki, Ikoyi, Victoria Island and Ikeja with his ultra modern architectural masterpiece designs.

Apart from celebrating his 5th anniversary amidst pump last year at the highbrow Banana Island, Lagos, with a well attended dinner culinary party, that featured the very best of musical, comedy and dance experience, a source told CITYSPY that; “Suji is reaping bountiful from his sheer dint of hard work. His latest soon-to-be completed project named ‘Giuliano by Sujimoto’, an heaven on earth bespoke condominium apartments, is already sold out. To satisfy his teeming customers, he has embarked on building the tallest residential building in Banana Island named ‘Lucrezia By Sujimoto’. The young man is reaping from his sweat, he is happy he never gave up when the crisis brewerd”.