The Rashidi Yekini's Family Saga (part 3)

Sikiratu and Rashidi’s siblings.

Immediately fortune began to smile on him, Rashidi, after the USA 94 World Cup, the first thing he did was to bring back his mother from Gwada, a remote village in Niger state where she was living and bought an uncompleted building at Ijagbo which is about 9 kilometer to Ira.

He doesn’t want her to stay in Ira since his uncles had inherited his father’s house after his demise even though he had renovated the compound for them.

The building at Ijagbo was sold by one Yahaya Lawal the Eldest son of one Late Mrs Lawal for 1.5milion naira. The main purpose was for the building to generate a source of income for the mother and also to keep her out of boredom.

Unknown to him,Yahaya has sold the property without the knowledge of his remaining  brother who went to court to get a court injunction asking Rashidi to vacate their mother’s property after Rashidi completed the building with millions of naira. Between 1995 to 2005, Rashidi had spent close to 10milion naira on litigation and eventually he was persuaded to settle the matter out of court by paying another 3milion naira on the building.

While the mother collected the rent of the so called building through the lawyers who was in in charge(Niyi Isola) Rashidi put his mother on a sufficient a monthly allowance and bring foodstuff together with beverages for his mother when he is town and if he is not would send  someone. He also converted the garage downstairs for his mother so that he could sell petty stuffs like bread, groundnut, assorted non alcoholic drinks etc.

Rashidi did this not minding that his mother left him in particular to marry another man when his father died.

 To his siblings, Rashidi was generous to a fault. They lived like a prince and princess and all expense paid by Rashidi. For several years they will swam round Rashidi Yekini like bees with loads of request which Rashidi must attend to even in hard currency.

  Few years later it began to dawn on him that he must empower them also and was instrumental to Akeem’s playing for Bendel Insurance of Benin but was drop for his penchant for hemp smoking. Rashidi managed to get him a contract in Dubai and the same faith befell him out there in the asian country as his contract was revoked.

Rashidi had no option than to purchase a brand new 18seater bus for him to start a transport business few months later Akeem had squandered all Rashidi’s investment on him and bus sold in pieces.

Ismaila too is a self acclaimed “Yandaba”( Vagabond) based in Kaduna , he was worse than Akeem always threatening to kill Rashidi if he fails to meet his demand. There was a time he bought him a car and Ismaila was mad at him for buying a car without money for fuel.  He must be right I believed.

Rofiat his step sister who died in April 2014, had the best of Rashidi before she asked, he would answer. Rashidi did all he could by sponsoring her wedding as well as opening one of the best hair dressing salon for her .yet the whole business efforts was futile.

Personal burden from his failed marriages began to weigh him down coupled with the problems from his mother and his brothers. He started to confide in his new lawyer Jibrin Mohammed who vowed to protect his interest in life and in death.

Exclusive picture of 

(1)Rashidi Yekini's Father's house in Ira that was inherited by his uncle

2)Ayo Ademokoya in front of the 6flats of 3 bedrooms each Rashidi built for his mum

3) Ayo Ademokoya, Rashidi's grand mother and Sikiratu his mother during an interview at the Ijagbo house of Rashidi Yekini 

4)During an Exclusive interview with late Rofiat Yekini

5) Akeem admiring his late brother's picture taken with legendary Pele at Tunisian 94 African cup of Nation