Sad times for Nollywood actress, producer and politician, Funke Akindele, following the death of her beloved mother, Dr. R.B Adebanjo-Akindele. The sad incident which has left the actress and her entire family members devasted was revealed by the sister to the movie star, Olubunmi Akindele.
The sad news was contained in a statement released by Mrs. Olubunmi Akindele on Tuesday, February 7, 2023. She expressed grief and heartbreak at the death of their mother. She equally pleaded with everyone to accord the bereaved family the necessary and needed privacy at this moment of mourning in their family.
Meanwhile, at the time of publishing this report, the Nollywood actress was yet to react to the unfortunate incident, but the Governor of Lagos State, Babajide Sanwo-ulo has since sent his condolence message to the deceased family.
On the other hand, recall that Funke Akindele is the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP deputy governorship candidate in the upcoming Gubernatorial election for Lagos state, slated for March 11, 2023. Though her nomination came as a surprise to many people, with lots of people criticizing the Lagos State chapter of PDP of not being serious enough to win the governorship seat in the state. But contrary to all that opinion and conclusion, Funke and his boss, Abdul-Azeez Adediran (popularly called Jandor), have continued to pull huge crowd as they campaign across the nooks and crannies of the State ahead of next month governorship election.