Former First Lady of Ondo State, Betty Anyanwu-Akeredolu, has said that she would not have been a widow if the late Governor Rotimi Akeredolu had listened to her.<\/p>\n
Mrs Anyanwu-Akeredolu stated this in an exclusive interview with\u00a0StarNews<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0Publisher, Olumide Akinrinlola, published on Thursday.<\/p>\n Diagnosed with breast cancer 27 years ago, the former Ondo First Lady said her decision to seek medical care rather than relying on spiritual healers was a crucial step in her recovery.<\/p>\n Her husband\u00a0Akeredolu died from prostate cancer on December 23, 2023<\/a>.<\/p>\n According to Betty, Akeredolu was religious but she was \u201cwired differently\u201d and has no apologies for it.<\/p>\n Asked if she disapproved of prayers and rejected spiritual assistance during Akeredolu\u2019s battle with cancer, she said: \u201cWhat came out of their mountain climbing, \u2018blessed\u2019 handkerchiefs, water, olive oil, etc., from the GOs and all the noisy prayers like people possessed by demons?<\/p>\n \u201cIf Aketi had listened to me, I wouldn\u2019t be a widow.\u201d<\/p>\n On the state\u2019s governance, Anyanwu-Akeredolu described her husband\u2019s successor Governor Lucky Aiyedatiwa\u2019s administration as \u201crudderless\u201d.<\/p>\n On the allegation that Aiyedatiwa\u2019s finance commissioner was the one running the government, Betty Akeredolu said, \u201cNo comments.<\/p>\n \u201cHowever, it\u2019s worth noting that this same commissioner was sacked from her position during Aketi\u2019s first administration.<\/p>\n \u201cYou can connect the dots as to why Lucky brought her back. We are watching.\u201d<\/p>\n Also, the former first lady confirmed she would be pursuing her senatorial ambition.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Former First Lady of Ondo State, Betty Anyanwu-Akeredolu, has said that she would not have<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":45067,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-45066","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-frontpage"],"featured_image_urls":{"full":["http:\/\/www.imotrumpeta.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Betty-Anyanwu-Akeredolu.webp",1260,911,false],"thumbnail":["http:\/\/www.imotrumpeta.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Betty-Anyanwu-Akeredolu-150x150.webp",150,150,true],"medium":["http:\/\/www.imotrumpeta.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Betty-Anyanwu-Akeredolu-300x217.webp",300,217,true],"medium_large":["http:\/\/www.imotrumpeta.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Betty-Anyanwu-Akeredolu-768x555.webp",640,463,true],"large":["http:\/\/www.imotrumpeta.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Betty-Anyanwu-Akeredolu-1024x740.webp",640,463,true],"1536x1536":["http:\/\/www.imotrumpeta.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Betty-Anyanwu-Akeredolu.webp",1260,911,false],"2048x2048":["http:\/\/www.imotrumpeta.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Betty-Anyanwu-Akeredolu.webp",1260,911,false],"elegant-magazine-featured":["http:\/\/www.imotrumpeta.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Betty-Anyanwu-Akeredolu.webp",1024,740,false],"elegant-magazine-medium":["http:\/\/www.imotrumpeta.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Betty-Anyanwu-Akeredolu.webp",526,380,false],"elegant-magazine-medium-small":["http:\/\/www.imotrumpeta.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Betty-Anyanwu-Akeredolu.webp",277,200,false],"elegant-magazine-thumbnail-small":["http:\/\/www.imotrumpeta.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Betty-Anyanwu-Akeredolu.webp",50,36,false]},"author_info":{"info":["Imo Trumpeta"]},"category_info":"Frontpage<\/a>","tag_info":"Frontpage","comment_count":"0","_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.imotrumpeta.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45066","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.imotrumpeta.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.imotrumpeta.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.imotrumpeta.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.imotrumpeta.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=45066"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/www.imotrumpeta.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45066\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":45068,"href":"http:\/\/www.imotrumpeta.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45066\/revisions\/45068"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.imotrumpeta.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/45067"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.imotrumpeta.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=45066"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.imotrumpeta.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=45066"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.imotrumpeta.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=45066"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}