My Parents joked about dying together and it happened - Toke Makinwa

In her book 'On Becoming', Toke Makinwa revealed how a gas cylinder leak led to the fire incident that killed her parents when she was just 8-years-old.

Yesterday, she tweeted that before the ugly incident happened, her parents once joked about

dying together and it eventually happened.

According to her, 'they joked about dying together, perfect ride/die and it happened. They were buried side by side'.

Her father, Caleb Ifemayowa Makinwa was 35 while her mother, Modupe Monica Makinwa died at the age of 34.

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My parents , (God rest their souls) had the best love story ever. I was young but I remember my dad's eyes lit up every time he saw my mum

6:54 PM - Sep 30, 2017

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I remember she changed her hairstyle one time and he walked in and the first thing he noticed was her hair was different. I still remember

6:55 PM - Sep 30, 2017

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They joked about dying together, perfect ride/die and it happened. They were buried side by side.

6:56 PM - Sep 30, 2017

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