Adesina’s associate, who is also a media practitioner, Victor Oladokun, also commented on the incident.
By Jeffrey Agbo
President of the African Development Bank (AfDB), Akinwumi Adesina, has lost his mother, Eunice Adesina.
The former minister of agriculture in Nigeria announced his mother’s demise in a tweet on his official Twitter handle.
She died on Thursday at the age of 92.
“My darling mother, Eunice O. Adesina passed away today at the age of 92. I am blessed you were my mother,” he wrote.
“You gave birth to me, nursed me, cared for and brought me up. I am forever grateful Mum. So long sweet Mum, greet Dad and sleep well. I love you. Your loving baby, Akins.”
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Adesina’s associate, who is also a media practitioner, Victor Oladokun, also commented on the incident.
Oladokun wrote on Facebook: “With great sadness, but with gratitude to God for a beautiful life well lived, my deepest condolences go out to my friend and brother, #AkinwumiAdesina; his dear wife, Grace; his brother, Leke; and the Adesina family at the passing of the family’s matriarch, Mrs. Eunice Adesina – a loving mother to so many.”
Adesina’s father, Roland, died on March 28, 2018.
The AfDB president had also tweeted about his father’s death at the time and described him as his best friend.
“My darling father and best friend, Roland F. Adesina, passed away yesterday morning. I wouldn’t have been who I am today without your love and sacrifice. Thanks for sending me to school and being a role model. Rest in peace my very dear senior Ombros!” he wrote.