He was accompanied by his wife, Patience, a former leader in the House of Representatives, Mrs Mulikat Adeola-Akande and former chairman of the Federal Road Maintenance Agency, Jide Adeniji among others.
Yesterday, the former president reviewed that the death of the matriarch of Awolowo family, Mrs. HID Awolowo, has ‘forced’ him and his wife out of their ‘hiding place’ since he had resolved not to go out for one year.
He said; “We, just like the immediate children, and indeed this country as a whole, have missed her. Within this period, myself and my wife have been hiding; we don’t even go out. We thought we’ll be hiding for at least 12 months.
During the visit, the former president spoke on how HID has been a rare gem and a woman privelged to have lived above the biblical standard of 70years.
HID who died at 99years will be buried on the 25th of November 2015, which would have being the day she would have turned 100years, as disclosed by the family during the condolence visit of the various dignitaries last Saturday.
The disclosure was made by the eldest daughter of the family, Omotola Oyediran while appreciating the former President for his condolence over the death of their matriarch.
During her speech; she gave God all the glory for a life well spent by her mother saying; there will be room given to as many that wish to write tributes and lots of singing and dancing during the ceremony. She ended by saying "There is no way you can separate papa from mama and mama from papa, the story is one. It is interesting that papa passed on Saturday, 9th of May, 1987 and mama also passed on Saturday, 19th of September, 2015, we give God all the glory."
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