Osun State Governor, Ademola Adeleke, held a Thanksgiving service in memory of his late mother, Nnena Adeleke, at the Cherubim and Seraphim headquarters in Lagos State on Sunday.
The governor’s spokesperson, Olawale Rasheed, disclosed this in a statement on Sunday.
The statement read, “In memory of his late mother, Nnena Esther Adeleke and in appreciation of God’s blessings in his life, Governor Ademola Adeleke today attended the much-delayed Thanksgiving service at the headquarters of the Cherubim and Seraphim, Lagos, praising divine grace in the making of his governorship of Osun State.
“The Governor’s mother, late Esther Adeleke, was a Senior Mother- in- Israel of the church, the same title presently held by the Governor’s sister, Yeyeluwa Modupe Adeleke-Sanni.”
The statement added that during the service, Adeleke acknowledged divine favors and successes in his life and as governor.
He was also said to have expressed his faith in God and commitment to using available platforms to praise and worship Him.
It read, “Governor Adeleke, who had always affirmed his faith in God through praise worship in churches and mosques, was also conferred with a senior church title long before his assumption of governorship in recognition of his deep service to God and humanity.