Former Senate President Bukola Saraki has lost his mother, Florence Morenike Saraki.

The sad news was announced on Tuesday evening by TVC News in a statement on social media.

“The incident happened this evening when Mama went into a coma and was rushed to the hospital in  Lagos state. She was later placed at an intensive care unit (ICU) before she died.

“Saraki was informed about it in Ilọrin and he left about two hours ago with his wife following the incident,” a source disclosed.

Florence Morenike Saraki, aged 89, was the widow of Olusola Saraki, a Senator in the Second Nigerian Republic and a political icon in Kwara until his death in 2012.

The family had celebrated her 88th birthday in August 2023.