{"id":5022,"date":"2013-06-16T06:26:28","date_gmt":"2013-06-16T06:26:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/disnaija.com\/nigeria-news\/abibat-mogaji-tinubus-mum-dies\/"},"modified":"2013-06-16T06:26:28","modified_gmt":"2013-06-16T06:26:28","slug":"abibat-mogaji-tinubus-mum-dies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/disnaija.com\/abibat-mogaji-tinubus-mum-dies\/","title":{"rendered":"Abibat Mogaji, Tinubu\u2019s mum dies"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Kazeem Ugbodaga\/ Lagos<\/strong><\/p>\n Alhaja Abibat Mogaji, mother of the National leader, Action Congress of Nigeria, ACN, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu is dead.<\/p>\n Mogaji, who was the President-General, Association of Nigerian Market Women and Men died in her home this evening at Sunday Adigun, Alausa in Ikeja, Lagos, Southwest Nigeria. She was 96 years of age and will be buried Sunday at the Ikoyi Cemetery.<\/p>\n Lagos State Commissioner for Information and Strategy, Aderemi Ibirogba confirmed the death of Mogaji to PM NEWS this evening, saying that she would be buried at 11 am on Sunday, adding that he was right in her house to commiserate with the Tinubu\u2019s family.<\/p>\n Ibirogba said she would be buried at Vaults and Garden Cemetery, Ikoyi tomorrow while prayers would be offered for her at the Blue Roof, Lagos Television, Ikeja by 12.00 noon on Sunday.<\/p>\n The commissioner said the state government commiserated with the Tinubu\u2019s family for the death of Mogaji, saying that \u201cit is unfortunate she left us now but we take solace that she has gone to be with the Lord. She was a devout Muslim and a caring mother.
\u201cWe will always miss her. We prayed God to grant her heaven. She lived a life worthy of emulation.\u201d <\/p>\n