03/05/2026
The Story I Was Never Ready to Tell
The Sixth Part
That I tagged “I Outgrew My Own Name. And I Had to Be Honest About It.”
Let me be honest with you about something.
There is a particular feeling that comes with outgrowing something you love. Something you built with your own hands and named with your own heart.
It does not feel like victory. It feels a little like loss, even when it is actually progress.
Owu Source Royal had carried me from a corner spot in someone else's store to two locations in Ibadan. That name had my hometown in it. My roots. My grandfather. Everything I wanted to honour when I started.
But the vision had grown. And the name, as much as I loved it, could no longer carry everything I was building toward.
It was long. It was geographically attached to Owu and I was not just building for Owu anymore I am going global making the source proud, and the vision is long, confusion is setting in And honestly the business had expanded so far beyond its original scope that the name was no longer telling the truth of what we were.
Repair. Diagnosis. Sales. Device swapping. Training. Accessories.
All things Apple and other Smartphones
I needed a name that could hold all of that. A name with no ceiling.
A name built for where I was going, not just where I had been.
So the new name was born.
And the tagline "All Things Apple. One Royal Standard" came from a very simple question I asked myself.
What is the one thing I want every customer to feel when they interact with this brand?
Royalty. Like they matter. Like their device matters. Like the person serving them actually cares.
That is the Royal Standard.
Now I want to share something personal here. Something I have not really talked about openly.
Because of what happened in 2017 the accident, the scars, the visible changes to my face, I became more private in public. Not in my work. Never in my work. But in being seen. In stepping forward.
In sharing my story.
I am a naturally outspoken person. Ask anyone who knows me. But for years I found myself pulling back from the full expression of that, from stages, from spotlights, from letting the world see me completely.
Until last year.
I was invited to speak at Federal Polytechnic Ede. I went. I stood in front of a room full of young people and I spoke from everything I had lived. I gave to the student body. And when it was over I sat quietly and felt something I had not felt in a long time.
I felt good about being seen.
And I realised the world does not need a perfect face. The world needs a real story.
And This is Mine.
And I’m ready to tell it over and again until no one is left behind.
No matter what the circumstances are, surrendering must never be in their option.
By the grace of God two or more things wll. happen tomorrow morning,
1.I am completing the story tomorrow morning.
2.I am unveiling the new name tomorrow morning
3.I am going to name the winner of the “guess the new name” contest
4.I have small gift for people tomorrow as part of the many things that will happen tomorrow.
By the grace of God Tomorrow will be eventful and My story so far will be concluded and I believe the next level of my live will not be private as I will be building in public henceforth.
I will share, I will educate and I will learn from all of you.
Thank you and see you tomorrow.