Alhaji Dr. Ahmed Adeoye Raji was born in Offa to the humble family of Alhaji Raji Yusuf Alabelewe and Alhaja S. Olorunkemi, God fearing Muslims who taught the young Ahmed Adeoye how to trust God and approach life with pragmatism and strong will.   He attended U.M.C.A primary School, Zaria and Muslim Mission School Odi-Olowo, Mushin Lagos. He proceeded to Egba-Odeda Grammer School, Abeokuta for high School Education and later to the famous St. Marks Grammer School Osogbo. With knowledge that education is the key to a purposeful future in a developing setting like Nigeria, after his successful educational carrier, he started his job with Unilever as a Snr. Sales Representative in 1982, his area of operation covers commercial cities of Kano, Kaduna and Minna all in Northern Nigeria.

He however left the services of LBN in 1987.  A driving force behind the career success of Alhaji Dr. Ahmed Adeoye Raji is an unflinching passion for excellence. It was in furtherance of this passion that he formed his own company, RABELAT NIGERIA LIMITED in 1987. In the same year RABELAT took off as a management consultancy outfit specializing in Revenue Mobilization and Generation. Rabelat Nigeria Limited has been a consultant on Revenue generation to Kwara, Oyo, Kogi, Niger, Benue, Yobe, Gombe and other part of the Northern state of Nigeria. Rabelat Nigeria Limited is also a consultant to (NESREA) on National Vehicle Emission control project.

As an evidence of Alhaji Dr. Ahmed Adeoye Raji’s outstanding Business acumen, the company has since acquired the status of an octopus with the several other subsidiaries. These include: Rabelat Pharmacy Ilorin Rabelat (Licensed) Clearing and Forwarding Agency in Lagos Rabelat Farms based in his country home Offa Rabelat Hotel, Ilorin Rabelat Industries (official bottled water production outfit with product name “City-Sun”) Sec. 14 information Technology Centre Rabelat Communication Limited and Rabelat Investment Company Limited Rabelat Ghana LtdRabelat LLC G.A Rabelat Entrepreneurship Centre for Animal Husbandry Ltd Alhaji Dr. Ahmed Adeoye Raji can also be described as a mentor to Nigerian students, being the patron of the National Association of Kwara State Students in Bayero University, Kano, Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria, University of Ilorin and the patron of Offa Students Union in the Federal Polytechnic, Offa. 

The Guiding philosophy of Alhaji Dr. Ahmed Adeoye Raji’s life as a business tycoon is the creation of employment for as many people as possible which invariably underscores the reality that at a point, there were 1,500 graduates in the employment of his group companies.  For Alhaji Dr. Ahmed Adeoye Raji, philanthropy is a way of life. It is the making of oneself enduringly relevant to one’s environment. In this context, Alhaji Dr. Ahmed Adeoye Raji has extended his helpful hands as follows: The construction of Badminton and Handball pitches for St. Clares College, Offa. Also donated a complete set of computer to the school Provision of Mechanized borehole for the Federal Polytechnic, Offa Another Borehole for the Musulumi N’Falafia Mosque, Offa an elaborate Islamic congregational facility where his late father incidentally was the Chief Imam Donated of a 14-setter bus to Anglican Church at Owode market for evangelism Sets of Computer to the Kogi State University, Ayangba Provision of 100 New Zuzuki Motor cycles for the Yobe State Government’s Normadic Education Programme Academic Scholarship, too numerous to mention for the students to complete their education Sponsored Lawn Tennis Competition for Secondary Schools in Kwara state.  Award   Offa Student Award – 1996/99 Ilorin Student Award – 2000/2001 Merit Award – National Association of Kwara State Students, Bayero Chapter Award of Excellence – Leadership Trust Foundation – 2001 Award of Business Excellence – University of Ilorin, Business School – 2002 Best Customer Award – Union Bank Plc Ansur-ud-deen Society of Nigeria – Musai – Du – Deen Award of Excellence – Oloola Descendant Association Life Patron – Oloola Descendant Association Alhaji Dr. Ahmed Adeoye Raji is a prominent player in the organized private sector in Kwara State. In march 2002, he became the Vice President (Industry) Kwara Chamber of Commerce, Industry, Mines and Agriculture (KWACCIMA). He rose up to become the Deputy President in April, 2005 and the president of KWACCIMA two year after.

 Alhaji Dr. Ahmed Adeoye Raji is a fellow of the institute of Industrialist and Corporate Administrator, a Football lover, a quintessential philanthropist and an unrepentant industrialist.  He has also travelled far and new. He is happily married with promising children. He is deeply religious.