One of Nigeria’s prime hairstylists, Bobby Eke, has bounced back to reckoning. Bobby, who was a favourite of the likes of former First Lady of Lagos State, Senator Oluremi Tinubu, suffered a stroke in 2009. Friends rallied round him and he was flown abroad for treatment. He returned home on completion of his treatment and thereafter resorted to keeping a low profile while he recuperated.
Occasionally, one would find him playing a supervisory role at any of his branches but he rarely attended public events. He made a detour from the usual and did the unusual when he attended a hair forum penultimate week. Hard as he tried to evade notice, people kept going to exchange pleasantries with him.