September 15, (THEWILL) – Former best friends, Mosunmola Abudu, also known as Mo Abudu, and Marian Omatsone recently clocked 60 years. Since they are still not on speaking terms, it was a tough call for some of their mutual friends to decide on which side of the divide to be, with regard to their birthday parties. A handful of them chose who to celebrate with, but THEWILL exclusively gathered that there was a lot of backdoor explanation and excuses by these mutual friends who found themselves thrust in an awkward position.
Mo kicked off her birthday celebration with a project that she unveiled in partnership with the US embassy in Nigeria. It is called ‘Lagos Canvas’. The project offers a platform for both seasoned and emerging creatives to shine. The unveiling was star-studded and Mo basked in the euphoria of being the centre of attraction. This was quickly followed by an intimate dinner, put together by some of her female friends to celebrate her inspiring journey and significant contributions to the entertainment industry.
Also, Senator Florence Ita-Giwa threw a mini bash to celebrate not only her landmark age, but also her courage, resilience and can-do spirit. The soiree which had only a few handpicked friends held at the Movenpick Hotel, Ikoyi, Lagos. The party continued on Wednesday, September 11 with another thanksgiving and lunch party.
To kick-start proceedings at this thanksgiving lunch party, was Pastor Ituah Ighodalo of Trinity House Church who gave a sermon and prayed for the celebrant before the actual dance party which had a lot of gospel music that got guests gyrating on the dance floor.
On the other hand, Marian, who runs a shoe business, BFF Shoes; a fashion boutique, Nicoles Boutique and Madison Jay Furniture also threw a stylish private party to mark her new age. Tiwa Savage and Oluwatobi Wande Ojosipe, a.k.a Wande Coal, performed some of their songs to the delight of the carefully handpicked guests. The former best friends became estranged over three years ago. Not many knew about the undercurrents between them until THEWILL exclusively reported that their centre could no longer hold again, particularly when Marian was conspicuously absent at Mo’s 57th birthday party which coincided with the opening of her Chinese cuisine restaurant, Jinja. Months later, Marian made a social media post taking a dig at Mo saying, “Don’t blame a clown for acting like a clown, blame yourself for going to the circus. I got wise, I ain’t going to the circus no more. #lagosisfullofactors.”
In the past, these two former best friends suffocated their social media followers with the ‘uniqueness’ of their friendship. Both shared a lot of things in common. Their first offsprings are married, they are both grandmothers and both are doing quite well in their respective endeavours. They supported each other and celebrated each other’s milestones. But all that went with the wind. All efforts by their friends to get them to reconcile has proved abortive. Hopefully as they have both waltzed into the elderly age bracket, one can only hope that they find a way to genuine reconciliation.
