Welcome to Ibadan Dining Club, a league of gentlemen, was formed in the 1940s with the objective to afford an opportunity for members to meet one another socially at Dinner or Luncheon at least once a month.
The early members of the Club were drawn mainly from the colonial civil services; the foreign service, the academia and the business world, in Ibadan and its environs.

They included Chief Simeon Adebo, a foremost administrator and Head of Service of Western Region; Sir Olumuyiwa Jibowu, then Chief Justice of Western Region; Honourable Justice R.A. Doherty, a Judge of the Western Region judiciary, Chief S. Ade-Ojo, of the Western Region civil service; Professor Oladele Ajose, the first Vice Chancellor of the University of Ife, now
Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife.