President of African Development Bank, Akinwunmi Adesina, has lost his mother, Eunice Adesina. She was 92.
Adesina, who made the announcement on Thursday afternoon, did not disclose the cause of death.
Writing on his verified Twitter account @akin_adesina, the Nigeria former Minister for Agriculture was full of praises, words of endearment and expressing fond memories for his late mother.
He tweeted “My darling mother, Eunice O. Adesina passed away today at the age of 92. I am blessed you were my mother. You gave birth to me, nursed me, cared for and brought me up. I am forever grateful Mum. So long sweet Mum, greet Dad and sleep well. I love you. Your loving baby, Akins.”
The tweet did not show anything about burial arrangement as at the time of filling this report.
It was observed that the five hour old tweet had garnered 13,700 likes with 392,000 viewers.
