When popular philosopher and theologian, Saint Augustine, said in one of his quotes, ”It was pride that changed angels into devils; it is humility that makes men angels,” he was not wrong.
The above statement best describes humility personified Femi Obateru-Akinrutan, with the sobriquet ‘Omoba Pataki’, who is an angel in man’s form.
During his formative years, the philanthropist was said to have adhered to the teachings of his father, His Imperial Majesty, The Olugbo of Ugbo, Oba Fredrick Akinrutan Obateru, the ruler of Ugbonla Kingdom, Ondo state, who had always taught him to be a cheerful and benevolent giver. Despite being born with blue blood, he has not allowed the fact to cloud his sense of reasoning. He has remained humble and peace-loving. Femi is widely known as a jolly good fellow who bonds easily with people around him regardless of their pedigree, social strata, and financial background. The cerebral soft-spoken father of three sees wealth and riches as God’s blessing and which must be used to uplift humanity.
Archetypal of some rich kids who would sit and spend their father’s stupendous wealth, Prince Femi deviated from the norm by working assiduously to make his own money. Over the years as the Managing Director of Obat Oil and Gas, his impeccable brilliance and magical touch of gold, has helped repositioned the company to an enviable height, ranking it as one of the biggest upstream, midstream and downstream oil and gas conglomerate in Nigeria and Africa.
Last Saturday, he joined the fight against the deadly COVID-19. He took to the street of Lagos Island sharing sumptuous food packs and drinks to the needy on the street. This, he did, in his way of conquering hunger, another virus eating deep into the populace as a result of the lockdown occasioned by the fight against the spread of coronavirus.
During the process of giving out the food packs, he also used the opportunity to sensitise the general public on the need to maintain personal clean hygiene to fight the virus. To complement his efforts, he also gave out hand sanitizers.
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