August 25, (THEWILL) –Â The remains of late politician and socialite, Chief Mrs Kemi Nelson, was today, Thursday, August 25, committed to mother earth in Lagos.
An evening of songs and tributes was held in her honour at the Haven, GRA Ikeja, Lagos, on Tuesday, August 23.
Similarly, a Christian wake took place August 24, at the same venue before she is finally laid to rest on the 25th.
Her farewell service was at Arcbishop Vinning Memorial Church, Ikeja GRA, while reception took place at Harbour Point.
Prominent individuals who showed up for her outing service were Lagos State governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, former first lady of Lagos State, Oluremi Tinubu, National Secretary of All Progressives Congress party, Iyiola Omisore, socialite, Joke Sogunro, former Lagos Commissioner of Police, Hakeem Odumosu etc.
Nelson was once the Commissioner for Establishment, Training and Job Creation, Women Affairs, and Poverty Alleviation.
The late politician who was the Yeyesewa of Lagos, was the only female member of the Governing Advisory Council of Lagos APC.
The socialite whose death on Sunday, July 17, sent shock waves across Lagos political and social establishment, had been unwell for a while, treating undisclosed ailments at different hospitals.
Close friends and relations revealed that she was treating the deadly cancer disease. At some point, she seemed to get better and even held a special thankgiving service on May 8, to thank God for seeing her through the battle.
But death was lurking, as two months after, she was struck by a strange attack which she never recovered from.
She was 66 years old.
Nelson was a former executive director of the Nigeria Social Insurance Trust Fund, a position she held until May 2021 when Buhari sacked her alongside other top management of the agency following the recommendations of a Presidential Joint Board and Audit Investigation Panel set up by the President in July 2020 to investigate the infractions of the Public Procurement Act, 2007, and the Financial Regulations (FR) in the NSITF.
