OGBOMOSO: Family, friends celebrate Mama Grace Aboderin on birthday

OGBOMOSO: Family, friends celebrate Mama Grace Aboderin on birthday

Jeremiah OYELEKE

Mrs. Grace Oladoyin Aboderin last Friday March 20 celebrated her birthday at her Apake residence.

Though a low-key affair she said she does it every year to give thanks to God and merry with family, friends, church members and neighbours.

Rev’d Dr. Victor Oyelowo, minister-in-charge of First Baptist Church Okelerin Ogbomoso, who led church members to the occasion, in his exhortation, stated, “In every thing give thanks, for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus concerning you,” reading from l Thessalonica chapter five verse one.

Rev’d Oyelowo further noted that God had “secured forgiveness for us thousands of years before we were born, so, if God did this for us, all other things are minor before Him.”

The celebrant in a chat with Insight Celebrity informed she marks two occasions every year including her birthday and rememberance of her husband, the iconic Chief Benjamin Odelowo Aboderin, who died many years ago. “He was a good father, a visionary; the fruits of his vision myself and the children are reaping today,” she stressed.

She underscored life is full of ups and downs submitting, “As Christians we are bound to face one tribulation or the other but God has been faithful and that is why l am alive.”

Mama Aboderin disclosed she attended primary and secondary schools in Ghana – Kumasi Secondary School, before returning to Nigeria in 1970.

The late Chief Aboderin

Upon relocation to Nigeria to join her parents who had earlier been evicted due Dr. Busia’s order she continued her education, which paved the way for her to become a teacher under the employment of the Oyo state government.

Now retired, she informed the day she became a mother was her happiest day, as she expressed appreciation to those who graced the occasion to celebrate her.