Madam Omofemiwa Ibrahim, the mother of controversial billionaire businessman, Barrister Jimoh Ibrahim, has died in a fire accident at her son’s Victoria Garden City (VGC) residence in the early hours of Saturday.

According to report by Qed.ng, an online newspaper, the septuagenarian was pronounced dead at the scene after fire fighters arrived the scene.

Her corpse has been deposited at the morgue.

Madam Ibrahim was moved to VGC to be close to her billionaire son after she was released by kidnappers in 2011.

She had been earlier kidnapped in Igbotako, Ondo State and released in Sapele, Delta State after her family paid millions of naira as ransom.

Ibrahim now lives in Dubai.