First Ondo female Speaker becomes mother at 54
By Emma Ogbuehi
First female Speaker of the Ondo State House of Assembly, Hon Jumoke Akindele-Ajulo, has been delivered of her first child at 54.
Close friends said she was delivered of the baby on Saturday but further details were sketchy as at press time.
Hon Akindele-Ajulo, a member of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), who was in the Assembly between 2011 and 2019, became speaker in 2014 and was removed in 2017.
She represented Okitipupa State Constituency 1 in the Assembly.
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The news of her newborn baby was broken on social media where friends and political associates were congratulating her .
A post on the Facebook page of one of her associates, Segun Odidi, wrote, “What God cannot do doesn’t exist.
“First Female Speaker of the Ondo State House of Assembly delivered a bouncing baby on Saturday.
“Her first fruit!! What a cheering news! i’m so happy for you big sis. Congratulations Rt. Hon Jumoke Akindele.”
Another of her friends wrote: “First Female Speaker of the Ondo State House of Assembly, got delivered of a baby yesterday.
“Her first baby!! GOD IS INDEED AWESOME!! Congratulations, Rt Hon Jumoke Akindele. My own darling big sister.”