Makinde’s Mother Dies at 80

Oyo state governor, engineer Seyi Makinde lost his mother today.

Madam Abigail Omojolagbe Makinde died in the early hours of Thursday at the age of 80.

No official announcement from the family yet.

Mama Abigail died in the early hours of Thursday at the age of 80.

Seyi Makinde had this to say about his mother while she was celebrating her 80th birthday, “actually, while growing up, when I saw other kids being given Christmas presents and I went to my mother to request for mine, she would tell me if I did not receive such presents yesterday, definitely I didn’t deserve them today.

So, she is blunt to a fault. She says things the way they are and I think I took a little bit of that. We planned big for this birthday, but mama did not let us have it the way we have planned for it. When I asked her why, she replied that when my father turned 75, we had a big birthday event for him and he died one year after. So, I think Mama is not ready to die.”