Sir Kesington Adebukunola Adebutu CON, KJW, FISM born to the family of late Alhaji Karimu Folarin Adebutu and late Alhaja Seliat Olasimbo Adebutu of Iperu Remo in Ogun State on 24th October 1935.
He studied at Baptist Academy in 1951 and stayed till 1953 when he moved on to Remo Secondary school in Shagamu from 1954 to 1955.