Months after the death of her husband, former first lady of Oyo state, Florence Ajimobi, has taken to Instagram to celebrate her 40th wedding annivers
Months after the death of her husband, former first lady of Oyo state, Florence Ajimobi, has taken to Instagram to celebrate her 40th wedding anniversary with her husband and former Governor of Oyo state, Abiola Ajimobi.
Recall that the governor who had been on a life support machine at First Cardiology Hospital in Ikoyi, Lagos, after slipping into coma following Coronavirus complications had died on Thursday, 25 June. The cause of his death was given as multiple organ failure.
Florence who disclosed that their wedding was held at mapo hall in Ibadan, added that their marriage was filled with love, laugher, mutual respect and peace.
The late governor and his wife have five children together, the marriage has been blessed with four daughters and a son. They are all adults now and some of them even have their own families.
She wrote; ”40 years ago i signed the dotted lines to a lifetime commitment and unconditional love in matrimony between myself and my husband Abiola Ajimobi, at mapo hall Ibadan, Oyo state. Our marriage was filled with love, laugher, mutual respect and peace, we were indeed a perfect team and I thank God for the privilege of being wife to this wonderful man for 40 years.
In 2011, Ajimobi contested the gubernatorial election under the Action Congress of Nigeria and won, he contested for second term 11 April 2015, under the same political party and won. That made him the first governor in Oyo state to occupy the seat twice and in succession.
His death brought to the fore the appalling culture of entitlement that has eaten deep into the fabric of Nigerian politics and government. This especially so when Florence expected the incumbent governor, Seyi Makinde to contact her while the late Ajimobi was battling with his life and after he died.
In a viral video in the wake of his death, Florence Ajimobi could be heard telling the Oyo State deputy governor who had gone on a condolence visit, “After he (Ajimobi) died, not even you, Mr. Deputy Governor, called. You should have sent a text message… I’m a wife of a politician. I don’t pick numbers I don’t know… Everybody is going to die… “
There were speculations that Makinde tried to contact heron several occasions, even through other means and persons, but she allegedly chose not to oblige.
