Rolls-Royce Collector, Bolu Akin-Olugbade, Dies

Billionaire Rolls-Royce collector prince Bolu Akin-Olugbade, the Aare Ona Kakanfo of Owu Kingdom in Abeokuta, dies.

Akin-Olugbade was known to be a lover of Rolls-Royce cars. He is so obsessed with the Rolls-Royce cars that he now owns ten of them. 

Billionaire Prince Bolu Akin-Olugbade, the Aare Ona Kakanfo of Owu Kingdom in Abeokuta, is dead. The 61-year-old businessman reportedly passed away on Wednesday at the Paelon COVID Centre, Ikeja, Lagos.

Until his death, Akin-Olugbade was the known to be a lover of Rolls-Royce cars. He is so obsessed with the Rolls-Royce cars that he now owns ten of them both in his home in Nigeria and abroad. He had been pictured many times posing with British made ultra-luxury cars.

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Rolls-Royce collector, Bolu Akin-Olugbade, dies

A man of taste and glamour, the late Akin-Olugbade told ThisDay in 2018:

“I have different concepts of how I spend money.

“I spend money on cars because I have always loved cars.

On his first Rolls-Royce, he said :

I bought my first Rolls Royce in 1984 and now, I am on my ninth Rolls-Royce. I believe in dressing well and I travel a lot.”

Akin-Olugbade took delivery of his latest Rolls-Royce, the Cullinan in 2019 in a well attended ceremony in Lagos. The high riding luxury SUV, worth MSRP $450,000, was reportedly the first to be shipped to Africa.

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