Former President of the Senate, Bukola Saraki has lost his mother.
A family source told SolaceBase that Chief Florence Morenike Saraki died on Tuesday evening.
She was aged 89.
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It was gathered that the late Octogenarian went into a coma before she was rushed to an undisclosed hospital in Lagos State over age-related ailment.
According to one of the sources, “The incident happened this evening when Mama went into a coma and was rushed to the hospital in Lagos state. She was later placed at an intensive care unit (ICU) before she died.
“Saraki was informed about it in Ilọrin and he left about two hours ago with his wife following the incident”, the source added.
The late Florence was the widow of Olusola Saraki, who was a Senator in the Second Nigerian Republic and political godfather in Kwara until his death in 2012.
Apart from Saraki, the late matriarch of the Saraki family who celebrated her 87th birthday in 2022, was survived by the former minister of state for transport, Gbemisola, Tope Saraki-Edu and Laolu.
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