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Ajoke Muhammed

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She was born on 23 May 1941 in British Nigeria. Ajoke married Murtala Muhammed in 1963.

She trained as a dental therapist but developed an interest in plants. She set up the Murtala Muhammed Memorial Botanical Garden, a 30-hectare garden along the Lekki–Epe Expressway in Lagos in 1991. She also owns a 20-hectare garden in Abuja named Sarius Palmetum and Botanic Garden.

She has 5 living children and launched the Murtala Muhammed Foundation in memory of her husband alongside his family.

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