TFC Boss’ Son, Bunmi Adedayo Buried Admist Tears ...How He Turned The Fortunes of TFC Around

The only child of the bosses of Tastee Fried Chicken, Mr. and Mrs. Kunle Adedayo, Oluwabunmi Omotayo Adedayo, who died recently, was buried amidst tears on Thursday October 3, 2013 at Victoria Court Cemetery, Ajah, Lekki, Lagos.

He was said to have died of pneumonia on Wednesday September 25, 2013, in Pretoria, South Africa and until his untimely death, Olubunmi was an Executive Director at TFC. His remains was brought back to Nigeria on Saturday, September, 28.

The late Bunmi Adedayo was born 36 years ago and he married Oluwayemisi Adedayo (nee Iwashokun) on Saturday, January 31, 2009, at Christ Church, Jebel Ali, Dubai, United Arab Emirates (UAE), while the reception was held at Dhemira Milan Hotel, Fort Island, Dubai. They were blessed with two children; a boy and a girl.

Bunmi was a graduate of Biological Sciences from University of Maryland, Baltimore, USA and University of Phoenix, Phoenix, Arizona, where he bagged a Masters in Business Administration.

He worked with Credit Trust Bank in Chicago, USA, before coming to Nigeria to join the family business as executive director.

The late dude was reported to be working on introducing new innovations into the company, part of which was to expand the outlet base of the foremost eatery.

Staffers of the company, who begged not to be named, described Olubunmi as a good manager of men and resources, who did his best to take the organization to an enviable level before death snatched him away suddenly and at the least expected time.

This accounted for the large turn-out of the staffers of the organization at his burial, and many of them wept uncontrollably as Bunmi bodied was being lowered into the grave.

According to a cross section of the staffers, ‘Bunmi would be remembered as someone, who did not behave like a child of the rich, and as a fellow who believed in hardwork and doing the right thing at the right time.’

They added that Bunmi’s parents had no problem with the management of the organization while he was alive and that his demise would definitely affect the organization.