Toke Makinwa visits her childhood home where she lost her parents in house fire

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Toke Makinwa revealed in her book, On Becoming that she lost her parents in a house fire caused by a gas leak when she was 8 years old. Today, she visited the place for the first time since the incident happened. She wrote;

"2 radio interviews, and a visit to where I lived as a child in Abuja. I've never been back there, it holds so much emotions and I always told myself I will only go once I have exhaled. Today I did; it was good to see where I played as a child, my home and so much more." she wrote on Instagram

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