May 30, (THEWILL) – Last weekend, Oba Saheed Elegushi, the monarch of Ikate-Elegushi kingdom in Lagos State, rolled out the drums in his characteristic grand style manner to celebrate his mum, Olori Sinatu Aidelohi Titilayo Elegushi, as she clocked 70.
Known to always spare no cost to celebrate his mother, who he adores, on her birthday, this year was different as she reached a milestone that he felt deserved to be celebrated in a grand style.
The party, which was held at her daughter in-law’s event centre, The Monarch, as expected, had all the trappings of luxury, royalty and class. Although the king has three other female siblings, their input to the birthday paled in comparison to that of his wife, Olori Sekinat, who played her role perfectly as the Chief hostess. Olori Sekinat’s preparation for the event started days before the party. She got her personal photographer to take stunning shots of the queen mother after her personal makeup artist, Banke Meshida-Lawal, transformed her to a stunner, looking several years younger than her actual age.
Also, from welcoming guests to her event centre, venue of the party, ensuring that the high profile guests were well feted, to pulling a surprise on the celebrant, Sekinat’s input was quite significant. She had contacted gospel singer, Tope Alabi to serenade the celebrant as soon as she stepped into the venue where the guests were already seated.
The celebrant’s son joined his wife in ensuring that everything went as planned. Unlike a typical monarch, Oba Elegushi was on his feet for most of the time attending to guests, exchanging pleasantries and when it was time to dance, he put aside his royal demeanour as he and his wife entertained guests to erotic dance moves. Besides Tope Alabi, Davido, who arrived with his immediate older sister, serenaded the celebrant, who couldn’t hide her joy from the guests, to his repertoire of songs.
The guest list read like the who-is-who in Nigeria’s corporate, political and business circles. While the party afforded some the opportunity to do subtle campaign for the elective positions they seek, others used the opportunity provided by the party to relaunch themselves into the limelight.
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