Eniola Bello, THISDAY MD, loses mother

Julianah Ibimawu Lawrence, mother of Eniola Bello, managing director of THISDAY, is dead. 

Bello announced this in a statement issued on behalf of the family on Tuesday.

Aged 86, Lawrence bid the world farewell on Monday.

“With thanksgiving to God for a life of grace, the family of the late Chief Lawrence Olaitan Bello of AyetoroGbede, Kogi State, regrets to announce the passage of their wife, mother, grandmother and great-grandmother, Mrs Julianah Ibimawu Lawrence, in the evening of Monday December 23, 2019. She was 86,” Bello wrote in the statement.

“Born in Odolu Kabba, Kogi State on 18 August 1933, the deceased touched many lives in the community with her life of generosity, kindness and self-sacrifice.

“She is survived by five children – Mrs Victoria Bosede Ogunbiyi, Commodore Ayo Bello-Odofin (rtd), Mr.Eniola Bello, Mrs Olabisi SamVictor, and Mr. Olaofe Odofin – many grandchildren and great-grandchildren.”

In June, Bello lost Olufunke Eniola-Olaitan, his wife to cancer.