Just in: Tears as Nigeria's former minister loses mother

  • The president of the African Development Bank Group (AfDB), Akinwumi A. Adesina, has announced the death of his mother, Eunice O. Adesina
  • Adesina, a former minister, in an emotional Twitter post, disclosed that her beloved mother died at the age of 92
  • Many Nigerians on Twitter have commiserated with the AfDB president over the death of his mother

Eunice O. Adesina, the mother of the president of the African Development Bank Group (AfDB), Akinwumi A. Adesina, is dead.

Adesina, a former minister of agriculture in Nigeria, announced his mother’s passing at the age of 92 in a Twitter post sighted by Legit.ng.