Gabby Ibeabuchi: Why I moved from banking halls to fashion hubs

By Christy Anyanwu
Gabby Ibeabuchi is the founder/creative director of Twelve06, a Nigerian luxury menswear brand. The name “Twelve06” was coined from December 6, his birthday.
Gabby started as a model, who, over scores of fashion shows, worked with fashion icons Dakova, Mudi, Zizi Cardow, Kese Jabari, Frank Oshodi and others. He was also a brand ambassador for MTN, FCMB, Gulder, Dangote, Unilever and Huawei, among several entities. 
 

 
He won the first Best ECOWAS Male Model award in 2002.
After obtaining his MBA from UNILAG, Gabby worked at Globacom then spent five years in corporate banking under Tony Elumelu.
He later quit banking for fashion, which he said had alwa...