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Gbenga Adeyinka Commiserates with Oyo Former First Lady over Mother’s Demise

Veteran comedian, Gbenga Adeyinka De 1st, has commiserated with the former First Lady of Oyo State, Mrs Florence Ajimobi, over the death of her mother, Mrs Victoria Amudoaghan.

Mrs Amudoaghan who died last Thursday at 78 years, was a Catholic and member of Our Lady of Fatima Catholic Church, Aguda, Surulere, Lagos.

The late Victoria Amudoaghan was a very hardworking and enterprising woman, who was bornGbenga Adey at Kwale in Ndokwa West Local Government Area of Delta State.

In his condolence message, Gbenga Adeyinka, who is one of Nigeria’s most sought-after Standup comedians and Master Comperes (MC), prayed for God to give the deceased family the fortitude to bear the big loss.

“It was in total subjection to the will of God that I received the saddening news of the passing of the mother to our dear former Oyo State first lady, Her Excellency, Dr. Mrs Florence Ajimobi, knowing that we have been created by God and that someday, we all will appear before our creator to give account.

“Mrs Victoria Amudoaghan was a good mother, she was an amazon in whom her beloved daughter saw virtues that she picked. She lived an accomplished life and she survived in health to see her children, grand-children and great grand-children.

“Although we do not mourn as those without hope, I must commiserate with the entire Amudoaghan’s family of Delta state, and most especially, Her Excellency, Chief Florence Ajimobi for the loss. It is my sincere prayers that the soul of the deceased be granted a good repose in the hereafter and that the family find the fortitude to bear the loss,” Adeyinka states.

I Was The King Of Pranks -Gbenga Adeyinka

Popular Standup Comedian and Master Compere (MC), Gbenga Adeyinka De 1st, has reminisced on what can be described as the good, the bad, and the ugly experiences of his childhood days.

In an interview, the humour merchant and businessman described himself a the king of pranks during his childhood days, an act that has landed him in trouble severally.

Gbenga Adeyinka said that “I was the king of pranks. I remember being sent to grind pepper at Ilegogoro in Lagos, and I left the pepper by the goal post to play football. When I finished playing the football set, I didn’t see the bowl of pepper again, so I cooked up a story about how a car was about to run into me, so I dodged and the pepper and bowl fell into a canal that was too big for me to enter. Guess what? My aunt who had waited endlessly, came to look for me, saw me playing football and carried the pepper. When she presented the bowl, I nearly had heart attack. The beating had no part two.”

The Laffmattazz comedy show originator, who grew up partly with his grandmother, also speaks on the childhood experiences that shaped his life as one of Nigeria’s most successful entertainers.

“At a very young age, I was taught to be responsible, accountable and respectful.
I was brought up on the music of Chief Ebenezer Obey and his contemporaries, so that was like an elementary education for me. I was quite adventurous as a young boy. I learnt a lot by always been on the streets playing football all over Surulere (despite serious beating from my parents). All these moulded me into the man I’ve become,” Gbenga Adeyinka recounted.

Meanwhile, Gbenga Adeyinka was born into a middle class family; he grew up in Surulere, an area that was then referred to as New Lagos. He was brought up to be aristocratic, “but na lie, the Ajepako spirit in me diluted all the upper-class training I got, but thank God because that’s what makes me extremely versatile and gives me the ability to blend in every situation I meet my self,” he added.