According to her children, late veteran
actress, Zainab Bukky Ajayi who passed away on Wednesday, July 6 battled breast
cancer, hypertension and diabetes before she finally gave up the ghost.
Described as a strong and dedicated woman,
the late icon’s sons, in a recent chat with a reliable newspapers source, expressed their heart touching tribute on their late mother exhorting her immense impact in their lives.
Claudius Akinwade Peter-Thomas, a musician
and second son of the late icon noted, “There aren’t enough words to
quantify Mama. She was an independent woman who shouldered the responsibility
of raising three lions (sons) without raising her brows. I see her as a
lioness. She was also able to combine and manage her situation (single
motherhood) and her career. She was a good planner. To that effect, my elder
brother is nine years older than me, and I am 11 years older than my younger
brother. A good planner she was.
Despite being in the public glare, she
ensured her private life remained private. Many of my friends didn’t know I was
the daughter of the popular actress. This is not because she wasn’t proud of
her children, but because she was able to draw the line between her career and her
family. People relate with me as Raz CPT and not the daughter of a celebrity,
so to say. Mummy has been struggling with her health, she had cancer of the
breast, diabetic and was also hypertensive.”
Kunle Fawole, popularly known as
Abounce and the last child of the family spoke about her last moments
said, “I and mama were in the living room with some of my friends when I
noticed that her heart wasn’t moving, I mean like she stopped breathing.
Immediately, I checked her pulse and called my elder brothers. We felt her
pulse and heartbeat did everything possible. But alas, she has passed on. And
that was at about 11:23 am on Wednesday. She was a bit ill before this
happened. She had been ill for a number of years now. She had stroke some
couple of years back.
There was a time she also had cerebral
malaria. She became diabetic, hypertensive and also suffered breast cancer
before now”, he explained mournfully.
Mr Alfred Oluwole Shoga who was
Bukky Ajayi’s first son, a 60-year old man said they were shocked but thankful
they are alive to bury her and not her witnessing their deaths.
“At 60, my mother still gives me money
each time I visit her and I will say, `Mum I’m supposed to give you money’ and
she will say I should use it for transportation” he said, fondly remembering
his great mother.
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