Ondo State‘s former First Lady, Mrs. Betty Akeredolu, is marking the first year anniversary of the passing of her husband, the late Gov. Akeredolu, who died in office on December 26, 2023, after a protracted illness.
In an X post Mrs Betty posted a touching video of herself and her late husband, whom she fondly calls “Aketi.”
The video has a background song from pop maestro late Michael Jackson’s “Speechless.”
Mrs. Betty said, “AKETI ETERNAL: TODAY, DECEMBER 26, IS 365 DAYS SINCE YOU LEFT ME
. I’M STILL SPEECHLESS!
“
The couple met in Imo State while Late Rotimi was doing his national youth service. They got married in 1981. Between the two, they have four children.
AKETI ETERNAL: TODAY, DECEMBER 26, IS 365 DAYS SINCE YOU LEFT ME
— Betty Anyanwu-Akeredolu, PhD (@adaowere1) December 26, 2024
Betty is from Imo State and late Rotimi Akeredolu from Ondo State. Their happy marriage illustrates how love and our shared humanity transcend ethnic differences.
Mrs. Betty recently graduated with a PhD in Aquaculture from the Federal University of Technology Akure (FUTA).
Controversial Memorial Lecture
A crisis appear to be brewing between her and her husband’s successor, Governor Lucky Aiyedatiwa, over plans to organize a memorial lecture in honour of the late governor on Friday, December 27.
However, Mrs Akeredolu has chided Aiyedatiwa for allegedly organizing the event without informing the family.
In a statement on her verified X account, the former First Lady said the lecture being organized was certainly not for her late husband.
She described it was as an “entry point to chop money on Aketi’s head.“
According to her, “Lucky can’t be serious! Which legacy? Mtcheew. Lecture, my foot! This is not for Aketi because my family and I are unaware of it. Damn it!
“As the saying goes, you and your co-travellers cannot shave Aketi’s head in his absence. You cannot weep more than the bereaved. This is insidious propaganda carried too far!
“Lucky, you are preoccupied with rubbishing Aketi’s legacy; you can’t succeed, anyway. Anybody close to Aketi and Arabinrin becomes your enemy. Your minions are scared to get close; otherwise, they lose their appointments.
“Now, you want to pretend by organizing one yeye lecture for Aketi’s memorial as an entry point to chop money on Aketi’s head. You are on your own o! If this is not #yahoo #419 lecture, tell me what it is!“
However, Ebenezer Adeniyan, the Chief Press Secretary to Governor Aiyedatiwa, said the planned lecture was an exclusive event of the state government.
He claims that the organizers invited the late Akeredolu’s family, but it would seem the late governor’s family want to be more than merely invited guests to the event.
It is well known that the late Gov Akeredolu and Gov. Aiyedatiwa – then his deputy governor, parted ways politically, just before the demise of the former.
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