Sikiratu Yekini, the mother of the Late Super Eagles Star Rashidi Yekini is pleaded with the Nigerian government to come to her aid and that of Rashidi’s younger brother Akeem.
“My son has served this country, and I want the government and other people to come to our aid because It would not be good for me to die in this situation,” she said.
In the interview says she has been living from hand to mouth and has nobody to call for help since the death of her son.
“Rashidi was the glory of the family, and all the family benefited from him when he was alive,” Sikiratu told Naij from her base at to Ijagbo, a town in Kwara State.
She also revealed that other family members are also struggling to survive.
“My other children are struggling to survive, and it was even during the fight for survival that Rashidi’s younger sister died and Akeem who is the immediate younger brother to Yekini is into a labouring work,” she said.