The mother of the former governor of Oyo State, Dr Victor Omololu Olunloyo, Alhaja Tejumola Abebi is dead. She died in Ibadan on Tuesday after a brief illness at the age of 102.

It was gathered that the Molete residence of the Olunloyo was filled to the brim of families, business associates, politicians and friends who came to sympathies with the family.

Activities to bury her was said to be on the way. Meanwhile, the state governor, Senator Abiola Ajimobi, has commiserated with former governor of the state, Dr. Omololu Olunloyo, on the demise of his mother.

The governor in a statement in Ibadan on Tuesday noted that Alhaja Olunloyo lived a long and fulfilled life worthy of note, maintaining that she died at a time many mothers would desire to pass on.

He commended a life lived well which he said Alhaja Olunloyo lived, especially her staunch motherly support for her son, the former governor further stated that “Mama, Alhaja Olunloyo, lived an exemplary life. She was supportive of her son, Dr. Olunloyo, while alive and I am sure that the support will continue, even now that she has passed on. She was an epitome of motherhood and was an exemplar as a mother.

This much was reflected in former Governor Olunloyo’s reverence for and even

constant reference to his mother,” Ajimobi said.

While commiserating with the former governor over the passage of his mother, Ajimobi urged him to be consoled by the fact that she stood like the biblical Rock of Gilbatrar behind him while alive and was a mother in a million, maintaining that such mothers don’t die and will continue to look after their children.