Chief S. I. Lashile was born July 24, 1914 to Pa Saalu and Mama Amoke Lasile of Orunto village in Olorunda, Abeokuta North Local Government. The last born of four children by his mother, young Isabade left his illiterate farmer father to live with his most senior brother who was a very successful farmer, trader and produce merchant.
At about the age of thirteen, Isabade met another village boy and inquired as to what the other boy was carrying on his head. The other boy explained that they are books, and from books one could learn to count objects and write down what one knows. With his imagination fired! Isabade went to ask his mother to appeal to his brother to allow him to go to schooll. Relunctantly his brother agreed, on the condition that Isabade would perform his farm duties upon return from school everyday.From Baptist Day School in Olorunda, Isabade gained admission to the prestigious Baptist Boys High School in 1933, and led his class in academics for five years. He earned for himself the nickname “THE GREAT” for his outstanding performances in athletics and in football. He sculpted with ease and won laurels in various competitions during his school days
After undergoing Teacher Training at Iwo, he came back to BBBS. As a Teacher, he rose to the position of Senior Boarding Housemaster. Among the notables who passed through his hands are Chief Bayo Kehinde (SAN) Chief Kehinde Sofola (SAN and former Attorney General of the Federation).
In 1947, he married Late Mrs. Felicia Adejoke Abike Lasile, (nee Adewusi) of Igbore. The marriage produced seven children. Adegoke (deceased), Olabisi (deceased), Olatoyese (deceased). Tayelolu. Kehinde (deceased). Fumilola (deceased) and Tokunbo.
Chief Lasile left BBHS and went to Ibadan to engage in produce buying and selling. He later joined the Cooperative Supply Association of the then Western Region and within a few years, Papa had distinguished himself so well that he was sent in 1957 to Loughborough College in Britain. When in 196/2 he was not given the position he felt he was entitled to, he quit CSA and joined the National Bank of Nigeria. Within eleven months of joining the bank as a clerk, he passed all the banking intermediate exams and became a manager. First at Grade Eleven branch and rose up to the Grade Two branch in Ibadan.
S.I., as he was later fondly called, left paid employment and went into food supply business in Ibadan till he retired in 1981. In 1970 he occupied his family stool as Orunto of Owu. The title of the kingmakers of Owu Kingdom. He bagged the title of Baala Egba in 1977.
In calling Chief Lasile the modern day “Baba Owu’ one can say without fear of contradiction from any quarters that Papa was sent by the Almighty God to hold together Owu Kingdom from disintegration by forces both from within and outside Owu. As the youngest and one of the very well educated kingmakers, he always stood by the truth and never allowed the rich and powerful in Owu to stray him from the path of righteousness. As the older kingmakers died one by one, Papa was kept alive by God and this prevented non-Owu people from getting the chance to act as Regent in Owu, a situation which our distrators would have used to scatter us for good. No amount of cash inducement, no position could deter Papa from always telling the truth and standing firm. In an unprecedented situation in Yorubaland, Papa became the first kingsmaker to install a king alone when in 1993 the Lord blessed Owu with the HRM Oba Dr. Olawale Odeleye (Lagbedu I), Olowu of Owu, Abeokuta. 
Chief Simeon Isabade Lasile, Orunto Owu, Baale Egba will be forever remembered in Owu and by all those who came his way as a man of great wisdom and a ready mediator. His wise sayings were legendary and will be missed by all who were close to him. May his great soul rest in perfect peace. Amen!
