Ooni Of Ife Loses Grandmother

The maternal grandmother of Ooni of Ife, Oba Enitan Adeyeye Ogunwusi, Madam Comfort Faramobi Ajoke Olasoji Soji-Opa is dead.

This was disclosed in a press statement signed by the director of media and public affairs to Ooni, Comrade Moses Olafare, in Osogbo on Sunday.

The Statement Reads;

“born in 1907 to Chief & Mrs Aina Akinyemi of the Ajigbayin Compound of Ile-Ife, ‘Mama Agba’ as fondly called passed on at her residence in Ile-Ife on Saturday night at the ripe age of 103 years.”

“Mama would be greatly missed by all, especially her immediate family, relatives, members of Opa’ Compound(Ile Opa) members of the church, the market women all of whom she devoted her whole life to in-service till she took her last breath last night.”

Survived by children, grandchildren and great-grandchildren, the late Ooni Ogunwusi’s grandmother is scheduled to be buried on Saturday, 13th June 2020 at her residence in Ile-Ife.