20/08/2024
This is May Ellen Ezekial Mofe-Damijo, also known as MEE.
Mee was a wealthy female owner and publisher of Classique magazine, a celebrity and entertainment journal that is today moribund.
Seated to the extreme right of this photo is her husband and celebrity actor Richard Mofe Damijo (RMD).
MEE was so wealthy that even Dele Momodu was her staff at one point.
The MEE and RMD love story is an interesting one.
RMD came to her office in Ikeja to look for a job; he was new in Lagos from Warri and was desperate for any opportunity to earn a living.
RMD came to look for a job, but she saw more than just a job; she saw a fine dude that has a bright prospect, and it was love at first sight for her.
She asked for a date after the interview, and the rest is history.
Legend has it that she was the one who toasted and proposed to RMD, and he said yes.
She was more or less RMD’s destiny helper as she picked him from the gutter and poverty, then polished him to the RMD, the global fine international acclaimed actor that we know today.
I dare say that without MEE, there would not be any RMD today.
When I speak about marrying well, this is a shining example.
I can’t get tired of saying this: marry well, my brother and sister, because who you marry, whether as a man or woman, has the potential to change your life and will determine how far and the final outcome of your life.
MEE hosted a television talk show, Mee and You, on NTA 2 channel 5, Lagos. She also produced the TV show.
Mee sharpened her journalism skills while she was working for the Sunday Concord under the tutelage of Dele Giwa, who was a destiny helper and a mentor to her and who incidentally died at the same age of 39 this time via letter bomb at his Adeniyi Jones home.
This photo of 1992 was taken during the Dele Momodus wedding in Ogun State, and Dele Momodu was her staff at this point in his life.
She was born in Ghana in 1956 and died in 1996 at the age of 39 due to complications from fibroid, and she left behind a child known as Onome, who has grown and is a big girl today.
Story credit: TV Authority.
