Eedris Abdulkareem loses mum at 96

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Wale Oloworekende
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Eedris Abdulkareem

Nigerian rapper, Eedris Abdulkareem, has announced the death of his mother, Alhaja Safurat Ajenifuja, at the age of 96.

The veteran rapper made this known in an Instagram post on Sunday.

“A virtuous, prayerful, compassionate and caring Mother, a mother of all Seasons and a mother of all is gone. Alhaja transitioned into glory on Friday, July 12, 2019, at exactly 10:35 pm, aged 96. An Abeokuta, Ogun State-born and bred Amazon who teamed with the legendary Fumnilayo Anikulapo Kuti in the struggles and sexiest tax regimes of the day that necessitated the abdication of the Egba Throne by the then Oba Adewole the 2nd in 1949, Alhaja was a colossus in the areas of human rights activism and the fight for the betterment of the society!” he wrote in parts.

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PASSAGE OF HONOUR! "One of the most indelible marks of attachment and bond between me and my mother happened while I was very young! We had a neighbour in whose house we used to watch television, which was a rare sight those days in my neighbourhood! One fateful day, the owners of the house chastised me in strong words, telling me to go home and tell my father to buy a television set: I ran home feeling humiliated and abused. After a while, I ask my mother about my father whom I didn't know, my mum burst out crying in The course of explaining this to me. I felt that I have caused my mother some untold pains and involuntarily joined her in crying!" CONTIMUE READING 👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇

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Earlier in June, Eedris Abdulkareem had led other artistes like Baba Fryo and Felix Duke in staging a protest to demand that the general overseer of RCCG, Pastor Enoch Adeboye, speak on the RUGA settlement project proposed by the Federal Government.

They queried Adeboye for maintaining silence on Leah Sharibu’s captivity with Boko Haram.

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