(on the 23rd of February 2013 www.harohkah.blogspot.com.ng took a trip to Ira hometown of late Rashidi Yekini via Ijagbo for a purpose to be disscuused later courtesy of Jibril Mohammed counsel to Late Rashidi Yekini, what we found out was shocking and revealing after meeting with the mother and the grand mother who was alive as at the time.It was however shocking to read on other social media tha Rashidi Yekini mother is battling for survival a statement which we have to sort the view of his counsel here is the statement of Jibril and we will release more shocking pictures to you later to show that Rashidi Yekini took great care of his mother before and after his demise...more picture later but for now Enjoy Jibril's reactions)
Contrary to the widespread rumor trending on the
social media where Rashidi Yekini’s mother Sikiratu Yekini is seen standing an impoverished
woman hawking bread for survival, I have to come out strongly to condemn in
strong terms the malicious attempt by the uninformed sets of people who are set
to tarnish the good image of late Rashidi Yekini as a prodigal son who never
took care of his family especially his mother.
Attached to this mail are the pictures of the 4
flats of 3 bedrooms each with 4 Boys Quarters of 2 rooms each built at the back
of the building which was built by Yekini for his mother before he died.
Yekini`s mother had always been a petty trader even when her son was alive.
“This background building of Yekini`s mother picture
trending online is actually a garage in the 4 flats built by my late client in Ijagbo few
kilometer to Offa and about 9 kilometers away from his village, Ira. Even
before the demise of Rashidi, the woman had always been in charge of the rent
of the building which runs into to several hundreds of thousands of naira
without Rashidi interfering.
The Boy`s quarters at the back of the main building as
at 2006 was around N48,000.00 each, while
each 3 bedroom flat in the main building goes for about N80,000.00 each or
more which brought her annual income
from rent of the building to about half a million naira despite the fact that
Rashidi was always sending pocket money to her and her siblings. Apart from
this, Rashidi made sure he empowered his entire sibling by opening one of the
best hairdressing saloon for his late sister, late Rofiat, who also died in
2014.
Akeem (his younger brother) was not left out of
Rashidi`s generosity as he bought 18 seater bus for him among many things I do not
want to mention in this forum. I wonder where did the writer got the impression
that Rashidi ever neglected his mother.
Even after the death of Rashidi, nobody, not even
his two daughters have ever interfered on who takes the rent. Not even the ex wives,
on behalf of their respective daughters ever query the mother about the income
from the building. I wonder how she is now starving. Two of her children are dead (Rashidi and
Rofiat) leaving only Ismaila and Akeem. Ismaila is based in Kaduna with his
family. While Hakeem is the only person living with her with his wife. How is
she starving? Can an old woman exhaust over half a million on feeding alone in
a year?
I am not against any further assistance by any well
meaning Nigerian to her but I owe my late client the duty to set the record
straight and because of the negative reactions on social media especially
through Sahara Reporter which portray Rashidi as an irresponsible son, who
never cared about his family. I am seriously upset about the impression being
created by the people who have read the unfortunate story. The gospel and uncontroverted
truth is that Rashidi made adequate provision for his mother. The questions
that we should be asking is how are his two daughters faring and who is
responsible for their education and upkeep.
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