EXCLUSIVE DETAILS OF HOW MIKE ADENUGA'S FIRST COUSIN, ERELU FUNMI SUINNER DIED OF CANCER

The recent death of Erelu Olufunmilayo Suinner has no doubt, thrown the entire Lagos society into a mourning mood. She died last week, Wednesday, March 26 in London. She was aged 67. Sadly too, Erelu Suinner was the only child of her  89-year old mother, who is still alive. She is survived by six children and many grandchildren.
Until her death, Erelu Suinner was a successful business woman and a devoted Christian.

She was one woman who was well loved and adored by her loved ones. Erelu Suinner was from the prominent Onashile family of Ijebu-Igbo, Ogun State. She was the mother of Anne Titilope Suinner, the former 2001 Most Beautiful Girl in Nigeria and a former presenter with M-NET. The deceased was also the first cousin of Dr. Mike Adenuga, the business mogul and chairman of Globacom telecommunication and the Awujale of Ijebuland, Oba Sikiru Kayode Adetona, Ogbagba 1. Erelu Suinner’s mother, Mama Onashile is the younger sister of the late Alhaja Ajijabi Adetona and Mama Oyindamola Adenuga-the mothers of Awujale Sikiru Adetona and Dr. Mike Adenuga.

 Erelu Suinner was described as one woman who radiated joy and spread the sunshine that was her life. She lived and led a good life. Since the news of her death broke last week, a gathering of family members, friends and sympathisers converged at her Lekki residence, while few others visited her mother’s residence in Surulere, to register their sympathy. At Mama Onashile’s residence, a deep feeling of sorrow and loss pervaded the gathering. Although, there was no crying and wailing sense, gloom, like an overlord, held sway. Save for the sonorous sound string and emotional songs, there was pin-drop silence.

The ELITES gathered that Erelu Suinner had been battling with cancer of the colon in the last couple of years. Few months ago, her health condition took a turn for the worse and she was admitted at Reddington Hospital in Victoria Island. Meanwhile, sensing that there was a need to get her a more comprehensive medical treatment, Erelu Suinner’s cousin, Dr. Mike Adenuga suggested that she be flown abroad. Invariably, she was admitted at a highbrow hospital in Wellington in the United Kingdom. It was while Erelu Suinner was at the hospital that the doctors disclosed to her family that she might not live up to two months, and thus, they advised that she should be moved to an hospice. The very adorable society matriarch had barely stayed two weeks at the hospice before she gave up the ghost. 

Her painful death notwithstanding, Erelu Suinner’s family and friends are consoled by the knowledge that she lived and led a most remarkable life, during her eventful sojourn on earth. Her family will announce her burial ceremony later this week.