Former labour leader and Edo state governor, Adams Oshiomhole, was spotted recently with his wife, Lara. They were both seen checking out tubers of yam while onlookers stood staring at them. While a section of the media suggested this was at an event in Edo state, another section claims they were doing Christmas shopping. Just recently, Iara Oshiomhole organized a party for the Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) at their camp in Uhogua near Benin City as part of activities to mark her husband’s 7th anniversary in office.
The Edo state governor drew a lot of attention by marrying his beautiful girlfriend Iara Fortes today May 15th after his wife died at age 54 years on Tuesday, December 7, 2010, at the Abuja Clinic, Maitama, after a prolonged fight with breast cancer. The late Mrs Oshiomhole was survived by her husband and five children: Cyril, Winnie, Jane, Steve and Adams Jnr.