Abosede Adeola, wife of murdered Sasa Cobbler, plans a new life after Neusroom fundraising drive
Abosede Adeola, wife of Sakirudeen Adeola, the cobbler whose death led to a bloody riot at Sasa market, Ibadan, Oyo state, on Friday, February 12, 2021, has told Neusroom that she now plans to start a business with funds generated through a fundraising drive led by Neusroom.
A month ago, the team at ID Africa owners of Neusroom made some donations and invited everyone to come to the family’s aid.
The fundraiser came after a gripping report by Neusroom revealing that the family lives in misery after Adeola’s death.
A few weeks after Adeola’s death and the ethnic riot that left many dead in Ibadan, Neusroom went in search of his family. After a long search, and a visit to their home around Onikainkain, in Moniya, Ibadan on Sunday, February 28, 2021, the Neusroom team met the family he left behind – Abosede the widow and four kids ages 15, 11, 8, and 4, in an uncompleted one-room apartment.
This prompted a fundraising drive to raise support for Abosede and her four children who now face a future without the breadwinner of their family.
Several well-meaning Nigerians, who were in absolute shock and moved by the plight of the family after reading the report, also donated funds to support the family.
On Saturday May 8, 2021, Abosede confirmed to Neusroom that donations had reached over N500,000 and part of the funds have been used to renovate her residence.
“I am presently searching for a shop close to the Moniya garage where I will be selling drinks to retailers who sell in traffic and motor parks,” she told Neusroom of her plans in a telephone conversation.
Abosede, who until her husband’s death, earned N15,000 as a salesperson at a drinks depot in the Ojoo area of Ibadan, told Neusroom that she plans to start the business at the end of her mourning period called ‘Iddah’ in June 2021.
‘Iddah’, according to Islamic doctrine, is a mourning period of four months and 10 days that a Muslim woman observes after the death of her husband or divorce.
You can still donate to support the family HERE
