Folajogun Adesona Wins Supermom 2

By Osagie Alonge

Folajogun Adesona has emerged as the winner of the second edition of the Supermom TV reality show. The 61-year-old edged out finalists Theresa Nwaohu and Bessy Egbonbamwonyi to win the coveted prize of a million naira plus an appointed home in Lagos and other mouth watering prizes.

Adesona who was introduced into the reality in the 11th episode caught the attention of many hers with a story and consequentially gaining all the votes. Adesona told her story of how upon the death of her husband, her in-laws suddenly ‘became antagonistic and meted out lots of punishments to her’. She was denied access to her husband’s company, forced to withdraw her children from good schools and then placed on a paltry sum of N300 for their upkeep.

She had to take on menial jobs ranging from timber selling, block moulding to food hawking among others. Fate would deal her another blow when her brother-in-law and wife died a year apart, leaving four children for her to cater for. All the ten children are now doing well in their different endeavours.

The show which lasted for 13 weeks featured celebrities like P-Square, Wasiu Alabi, Clarence Peters and Taye Taiwo whose mothers have played influential roles in the forming of their different careers.

The first runner up Theresa Nwaohu received a car as her prize while and seconds runners up and Bessy Egbonbamwony walked away with N500,000.

‘It’s been a wonderful moment for me. This is an improvement on last year’s edition and I’m so elated with the outcome. However, we should always imbibe the culture of celebrating our mothers in any little way we can while they are very much alive’, Sola Fajobi, Executive Producer of ‘Super Mom’ said.

According to organizers, the winners will be unveiled properly in a grand winners’ party slated for the first week in December.