The good times are back for Mike Inegbese. The Esan, Edo Sate-born auto merchant and owner of Ine-Mic Motors has chanced on mother luck again after suffering a series of bad luck. Prior to his travails, the Edo high chief with an uncanny love for bowler hat and gold-plated walking staff loomed above the social scene with pomp and panache. So awe-inspiring was his personage that he became the toast of the drivers of industry as well as the nation’s ruling class. He was courted by all and sundry and his presence automatically added glamour to every social event.
Then, like shrapnel from a deadly mine, news of his ill-fortune pervaded the air, casting a dark pall on his otherwise brilliant world. The rumour mills were put to work and news of the millionaire-auto magnate’s imminent doom filtered into the atmosphere. Mischief makers blamed his purported ill-luck on an alleged business deal gone sour. His showroom, located on Kingsway Road, Ikoyi that used to be home to fleet of exotic automobiles became a shadow of itself thus lending some sort of credence to the rumour.
Today, Chief Mike Inegbese has bounced back and he is now into real estate business with choice properties scattered in high-end areas both on Lagos Mainland and Island and a very big Auto shop on Akin Adesola Street, Victoria Island, Lagos. As you read, he has once again become the toast of old friends, associates and sycophants who ridiculed him when the going got tough.