SOCIETY WATCH ;TUNDE OSHINOWO , CLOSE PALS IN COLD WAR

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By; Al Humphrey Onyanabo, 234 80 2320 1073

Friends, in this town are easy to make but hard to maintain and keep. In the early 90’s as a young society reporter, I met the rich and handsome Tunde Oshinowo, husband of Hon. Folake Oshinowo, he is also known as Teddy Shine. The core guys around him were Dotun Aderigbigbe aka Lobito disco, Segun Alawaye, Biodun Owoyele, aka Eko Round City, the socialite, Juwon Adetona, who I have not seen in over a decade and a few others.
They were always together at parties and stopped by to visit each other’s offices, with time the fortunes of some of them rose while that of others fell. Teddy’s has steadily grown and today his close friends are locked in a cold war with him because they claim he does not reach out to his friends in distress.. this war has been going on for some time, they have all stopped going to his office or home to visit, or even calling his phone because they claim he avoids calls thinking it is people seeking assistance,
Said a source,
‘Teddy is very wealthy but he is a stingy person. You will hardly see him spraying at parties, perhaps that is why he has lasted so much on the scene.
But it came out in the open at the Shitta Bey party, for starters, Teddy sat far away from his friends, he sat in the corner of Funlola and Abayomi Jolaoso which had more vintage wines and champagne than anywhere else that evening.
A source said,
‘You could see that Teddy was lonely, he sat in the midst of some women. They were flowing, but it was clear something was amiss; the real slight was to come when Lobito who returned from South Africa, the day before took two bundles of N100 notes to spray Obey. In the good old days, Teddy would have been listed amongst his friends while he was praising him, but on this occasion Teddy was not mentioned while others were listed. Most of the young folks were shocked,
An insider revealed,
‘ it touched him, but his face was passive. Teddy knows how to cloud his emotions so well. But everybody else knew things had changed between teddy and his pals’.
That evening Teddy sat with Tunji Dokunmu, Social Secretary Lagos Island Club. Among Teddy’s new friends I hear is Ola Kukoyi, a business man who operates out of London and Ayo Fayose, who needs no introduction.