Hajia Titi Abiola ,one of the wives of Late MKO Abiola
, in a chat with City People magazine spoke about how she and the late
socialite, Chief Adunni Bakonle were close friends and how
she met her husband, Late Chief Abiola Moshood. Excerpt....;
The late Adunni Bakonle was my cousin. Aside from the fact that we were
both married to Egba high chiefs, I remember I didn’t know her in Lagos but we
became close after I got married to my husband, MKO and I had to come to Lagos
to join him. They were staying at Oregun while our house was at Abiola
crescent, Toyin Street, in Ikeja. She accosted me and told me about the blood
that is between us. Continue below...
I even used to drop all my kids at her place and she was also a regular
face at our house. My kids spend weekends with
her too. Even when she was in England, she always calls the kids to say she was around. We have a closely knitted family, she said.
When asked why she is down to earth despite being a wife to late MKO,
she said, Abiola is a very good name that I am happy to bear, but shouldn’t
where it like a placard. Abiola made his name while I also
have to make my name. Is it because I am married to him that I have to look
down on people? She queried amidst smile.
On how she met her husband she said;
Well permit me to say that I didn’t meet
MKO. I grew up knowing him. He was always coming to our house. He was my father’s cousin as I am from the popular Biobaku
family of Abeokuta. He used to come around each time, and that was how we met.
I was a teenager, so it was not a case of me running into him.
Speaking on what attracted MKO to her, she said;
She revealed that MKO was a very kind hearted man. He was a very
passionate person, loving and caring. It took me a few months to say I do. I miss everything about him. I
used to call him Eto Daddy, which is somebody who likes arranging things. He
made me realise that I didn’t need to ask before he gives. Up till today, I
don’t even know how to ask. He was so generous, that I didn’t even have to ask
him, before he did anything to me.
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