July 27, 2024

Abike Dabiri-Erewa loses 90 year-old mother, Sadiat Abeke


Alhaja Sadiat Abeke Erogbogbo, mother of Abike Dabiri-Erewa is dead. 

The retired teacher and businesswoman died at the age of 90.

She would have marked her 91st on the 6th of June.

President Muhammadu Buhari has condoled with Dabiri-Erewa, the Chairman/Chief Executive Officer, Nigeria Diaspora Commission.

He equally sent words of comfort to the other children, grandchildren and great grandchildren of the departed, who was known as ‘Kind Teacher’ in the early part of her professional life.

Buhari recalled that Alhaja Erogbogbo was a well-rounded Nigerian.

She was born in Kano and educated in Lagos.

She later taught in Kano, Lagos and Jos, where she impacted positively on the lives of students who passed through her tutelage, hence the sobriquet, ‘Kind Teacher.’