Shade and Seyi still in pensive mood
11 November 2017 |
4:00 am
Tinubu siblings, Seyi and Shade, the Iyaloja of Lagos, are still in pensive mood over the loss of their brother, Jide, the eldest son of the All Progressives Congress (APC) chieftain, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu.
Tinubu siblings, Seyi and Shade, the Iyaloja of Lagos, are still in pensive mood over the loss of their brother, Jide, the eldest son of the All Progressives Congress (APC) chieftain, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu.
The remains of the deceased were laid to rest last week at the Ikoyi Cemetery, Lagos.
While the burial proceedings were taking place last Wednesday in Lagos, Tinubu and his wife, Senator Oluremi Tinubu, were conspicuously absent from the prayer session and were said to have jetted out to the United Kingdom to meet with and console their daughter in-law and grandchildren.
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