A QUEEN THAT DECIDED ON HER OWN TO BE AMONG THE COMMONS.
PRINCESS IS MY MOTHER.
SHE THOUGHT ME SO MANY POSITIVE THINGS.
SHE WAS THE TRUE PILLAR OF DEMOCRACY
SHE WAS A CITADEL OF POLITICS.
A VOICE TO THE VOICELESS
A MOTHER TO THE MOTHERLESS.
A ONE WOMAN BATTALION
MUMMY, YOU WERE A FREEDOM FIGHTER.
THE MOREMI OF OUR TIME
ALL YOU WERE AGITATING FOR IS FOR PEOPLE TO HAVE WHAT TO EAT, TO HAVE CLOTHES TO WEAR, TO HAVE PLACE TO SLEEP, TO HAVE ACCESS TO QUALITY EDUCATION AND GOOD HEALTH CARE. JUST FOR PEOPLE TO HAVE BASIC AFFORDABLE GOOD LIVES
YOU LIVED AN EXEMPLARY LIFE THAT IS CORRUPT FREE
DESPITE ALL OPPORTUNITIES AND PRIVILEGES YOU TOWED THE PART OF HONOUR.
WE LOST SOMETHING GREAT IN IKORODU, LAGOS STATE AND IN NIGERIA.
YOUR WORDS ALWAYS IS THAT “I FEEL SATISFIED ANYTIME I AM ABLE TO TOUCH A LIVE ”
ADIEU PRINCESS, WE ALL LOVE YOU BUT GOD LOVES YOU MORE.
MUMMY I HAVE NO DOUBT IN MY MIND THAT YOU ARE ALREADY IN HEAVEN RESTING.
I SHALL CONTINUE TO REMEMBER YOU MA.
AS FOR ME YOU ARE NOT DEAD, YOU ONLY TRANSISTED.
LET ME ASSURE YOU MA, THAT FLAG YOU RAISED, I SHALL KEEP IT FLYING.
I LOVE YOU MY DEAREST MUMMY.

Sotomiwa Akeem Owoniyi from Ikorodu