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General News of Monday, 3 August 2020

Source: www.mynigeria.com

My husband made heaven, he is at peace with God – Florence Ajimobi

Abiola Ajimobi and wife Florence Ajimobi Abiola Ajimobi and wife Florence Ajimobi

Mrs Florence Ajimobi, the widow of late Abiola Ajimobi, has said that her husband is in heaven and at peace with God.

She stated this when the Nigerian Union of Journalists, NUJ, paid her a condolence visit at her Oluyole residence in Ibadan, Oyo State.

Ajimobi who was the immediate past governor of Oyo State died from COVID-19 complications on June 25 at a hospital in Lagos.

Speaking, his wife said that she draws consolation from knowing that her husband made heaven.

"I’m crying because I miss him. I miss everything about him. I miss his love, advice, having him around me, he was my strength. He was my greatest supporter. He thinks I’m a strong woman, but this time, I tell you I am not a strong woman. He used to give me all the strength I needed as a woman. So, when I cry, it is not because he did not achieve much, but because I miss so much about him. I don’t want to behave like an unbeliever because I know nothing happens without God’s input. We are all here one day and we are all going back one day. Nobody knows when death is going to come. I believe so much in destiny and I believe my husband’s time was up.

"He lived a fulfilled life. What does it profit a man even if he lived up to 90 years and he can’t make heaven? Abiola Ajimobi made heaven and he is at peace with God. That is my greatest consolation. That is my joy. I cried and was sad because I miss him.

"For those of you that are here today, I say thank you from the depth of my heart. On behalf of my children and the entire family, I say thank you. What we are doing here today is to prove to the world that he lives on. My husband is not physically here, but I know his spirit lives on. This is because to live in the heart of people you love means you live forever. His legacies will continue to be upheld, God helping us, everything he has achieved in Oyo State and Nigeria by extension will forever live on.“ she said.