Bukola Saraki Loses Mother

 Former Senate President of The Federal Republic of Nigeria, Dr Bukola Saraki, has announced the death of his mother, Chief Florence Morenike Saraki. According to a post put up on social media by the former senate president, Mrs Saraki passed away today, Tuesday 18 June 2024. She died two months to her 89th birthday, which would have been on 8th August, 2024.

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Chief (Mrs.) Florence Morenike Saraki, a member of the prominent Ibidapo family in Owo, Ondo State, was married to Dr Abubakar Olusola Saraki for many years until his death in 2012, at the age of 79. The union produced four children: Dr Abubakar Bukola Saraki who became Governor of Kwara State and later President of the Senate of the Federal Republic, Senator Ruqayyah Gbemisola Saraki who served for 12 years in the National Assembly and now Minister of State, Federal Ministry of Mines and Steel Development, Mrs. Fatimah Temitope Edu, a legal practitioner, and businesswoman as well as Mr. Mutair Laolu Saraki who was one time Special Assistant to late President Umaru Musa Yar’Adua. Today, the Saraki family stands tall as one of the only two Nigerian nuclear families to have produced three senators each. The other family is the Adeleke Family from Osun State. However, while the Saraki family has put in over 20 years in the service of the Nigerian Senate and governance, the Adeleke family has put in about 13years.

May the soul of Mrs Florence Morenike Saraki rest in peace.