Instarmac boss, Wale Afolabi, celebrated on 70th birthday

Every step you take, for good or otherwise, somebody is watching and may fall in and do exactly as you did. For Deacon Dr Akinwale lshola Afolabi, many have proudly lined up following his footsteps.

Dr Afolabi who marks his seventieth birthday today Wednesday the 19th of August 2026, is the Founder and Chief Executive Officer of lnstarmac Nigeria Limited, a Customs licensed clearing and forwarding company in Lagos Nigeria.

Dr Afolabi has a rich repertoire of experience in the freight forwarding profession spanning forty years of active practice. Before he founded lnstarmac about thirty years ago, he had worked at different cadres in a shipping company and bowed out gracefully as a Manager to start his own.

Over the years lnstarmac has grown steadily recording many feats in cargo handling and revenue generation into Customs coffers

Top staff of lnstarmac who have worked closely with Deacon Afolabi for years years reminisced on shared working experiences with their boss.

The Administration Manager, Mr Akinfesoye Valentine, described Dr Afolabi as a leader and mentor who leads by example. Oga is a father figure and a workaholic who is very humble, disciplined and principled. He said he considered himself privileged to learn under him while wishing him good health and many more years.” l am grateful for the opportunity to learn from you and for the lessons you continue to impart.

“As you celebrate this remarkable milestone, I pray that Almighty God will continue to bless and preserve your life. May He grant you good health, greater wisdom, peace, prosperity, and abundant joy. May you enjoy the fruits of your labour and witness the success and prosperity of everyone you have invested in and guided.

“May God continue to strengthen you, protect you and your family, and grant you many more beautiful years filled with happiness and fulfilment. May the years ahead be even more rewarding than the years behind you, and may your legacy continue to speak positively for generations to come.

“Seventy years is a beautiful testimony of God’s grace, a celebration of wisdom gained, lives touched, and a legacy built.”

Speaking in a similar vein, Mr Musiliu Sorunke, the Operations Manager of lnstarmac, noted that Dr Afolabi’s 70th birthday is a testimony of God’s mercy on him as he described his boss a deeply religious and God fearing man.

“Because of his disposition to God and mankind God has blessed him abundantly with good health, wisdom and comfort. Yet out Chairman’s hallmark of character is humility and contentment. ln our job, he hates cutting corners. He has a perfectly clean record with the Customs and other relevant government agencies in the industry. I am lucky to be privileged to learn directly under him. May Almighty God bless him with many more beautiful years while wishing him a happy 70th birthday,” Sorunke noted.

The Editor of PortNews, Mr. Wale Oni, described Dr. Afolabi as a man of God, a father figure, a blessed man and humility personified. “I congratulate him on the occasion of his 70th birthday and pray that Almighty God will bless him with good health and many more fruitful years.”