Titilola Loretta Omotayo-Okoye is a Nigerian marketing professional who rose to prominence as the wife of Peter Okoye, a well-known Nigerian singer. Lola works as an executive at her father’s company and has worked with a few media businesses.
Early Life & Education
Lola was born in Nigeria on the 2nd of September, 1974, to a Nigerian father and a Russian mother. Her father, Mr. Dipo Omotayo, was already married to her mother before moving to Nigeria.
She was born in Nigeria but maintains dual citizenship in Nigeria and Russia. This is because when she was born, her mother was Russian and her father was Nigerian. Her father is the CEO of the oil and gas company Silco Drilling and Completion Services.
She was admitted to the University of Ife in 1990 to study psychology, but she later moved to the United States to study theater arts at San Francisco University.
Career
Lola has experience working as a business development director and with some media companies. She is currently one of the executives in the business owned by her father.
Personal Life
Lola and Peter Okoye married in a star-studded event in 2013. On November 17, 2013, the couple married in a traditional ceremony at The Ark in Lekki, Lagos, Nigeria. Cameron and Aliona are the couple’s two children. Cameron was born in 2008, a few years before they were engaged.
Controversy
On her Twitter account, Lola Omotayo asserted that she was innocent of the conflict between Peter Okoye and his brother Paul. In reaction to her post, Paul Okoye asserts the opposite. He asserted that Lola is deceitful and engages in “bad deeds” behind closed doors.
Net Worth
Many sources have claimed that Lola’s net worth is about $500k. Her sources of income have been attached to her rich family background and her husband’s wealth which is estimated to have a net worth of $12 million.
