My Maternal Grandmother Was A Fulani; Fulani Blood Flowing In My Veins – Femi fani Kayode

Former Aviation Minister, Femi Fani-Kayode has revealed that his maternal great-grandmother was a Fulani woman from Sokoto state.

The former Chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) who recently decamped tot the ruling party, All Progressive Congress (APC) gave a brief insight into his his family genealogy

He said: “His father, that is my maternal great-grandfather, was a pure Yoruba man from Ilesha. However, his mother, that is my maternal great-grandmother, was a pure Fulani woman from Sokoto.

“My grandfather, Sheik Nurudeen Sa’ I’d, who was half Fulani and half Yoruba, got married to my grandmother, Alhaja Abeke Sa’ id (nee Williams), who was a pure Yoruba woman. She was also known as ”Mama Ofin”.

She was from Lagos (Isale Eko) and she was the daughter of Alhaji Isa Williams who was a key leader in the Muslim community and the richest businessman and trader in the whole of Lagos in his day.”