It is no longer news that Star actress, Film Producer, Director & Politician, Foluke Daramola-Salako is bereaved. On Tuesday, 18th March, 2025, she lost her mum, Rev. Dr. (Mrs). Moriyike Aderonke Daramola (nee Osobu) at the age of 82 years.
Her burial and celebration of life ceremony will be coming up, on Saturday, 10th May, 2025 Her rite of passage will begin on Friday 9th May, 2025 with a private Funeral Service and Interment Program (strictly for sizeable number of the family members and invited guests) to be held at Jatash Private Vault, Yaba Lagos.
And on Saturday, 10th May 2025, there will be a Service of Songs/Tribute Service @ The Chapel of Christ the Light (Interdenomination) Church, Alausa Ikeja, between 9 am-12 pm (Morning Service). The afternoon service holds at 1 pm. Reception/Celebration of Life Party will hold at the Victoria Garden Event Centre, Alausa, Lagos.
And on Sunday, 11th May 2025, there will be a family Thanksgiving Service at 10 am at The Elevation Church, Ikoyi, Lagos.
A few days back, she spoke to City People about the passing of her mum.
How did she react to the sad news when it broke? Where was she then? “I have never been so devastated all my life. My mum stayed with me for about 4 years. She was a bit strong. She had a partial stroke. My mum was my best friend. So I was devastated. It was as if the whole world was coming to an end. I was devastated because she was my best friend. She was my confidant. She was my prayer warrior. So it was very devastating news for me. It was devastating”.
What sort of a mother was she? “Haa! She was an Abiyamo in the proper sense of the word. My mother lost my father when she was just 38 and my mother never remarried. My mother is the definition of Motherhood, because all her life, she lived her life for her children, to come out on top in what they did. My mother was a dogged fighter. When my mother met my father, she hadn’t finished her degree.
She just went for NCE. It was after she lost my father that she went for her degree at UNILAG. Then, we also lost my elder brother. It was when we lost my elder brother that she went for her Master’s in Geology and a Doctorate. So my mother is one person who believes so much in Education, and she believes that you have to give it all it takes regardless of whatever situation you are in or you have in front on you.”
“She was a disciplinarian. When she was alive, I used to see her as my enemy because she was so tough on me. She cut my hair like 3 times.”
“I said I was going to go into acting. But at that time, many saw acting as one area that your child must not go into.”
“But later I spoke to her again and she agreed.
Along the way, she later fell in love with my profession. And she fell in love with a whole lot of my colleagues. She always prays for them, individually and collectively. She was a Prayer Warrior.
My mum lived in God. She always prayed regardless of whatever situation, till she took her last breath. She just loved God in a very unique and peculiar way. She lived her life for God and her children. And she never fell in love with any other man apart from my father, who coincidentally was her 1st Love”.
What will she miss most about her mum? “Being a prayer warrior. I will miss someone who believes so much in me. My mum is my greatest cheerleader.
She had very high expectations of me. She believed so much in me. I will be missing a lot. Death is Irreversible.”
“It hit me hard. I will miss my best friend, my fight partner, my eating partner. I will miss her a lot.”
“But I take solace in the fact that I share fond memories of ourselves. And I know that she is definitely in a better place.”
—-Seye Kehinde
