THE FAMILY of the late Pa Isa Ojeifo of Ewu in Esan Central LGA of Edo State has announced the burial arrangements for its matriarch, Madam Aishetu Ojeifo, who died on Saturday, October 12, 2024, at 91.
Ma Ojeifo passed on after a brief illness exactly two months to her 92nd birthday, December 12, 2024.
A statement by Mr Sufuyan Ojeifo, Publisher/Editor-in-Chief of THE CONCLAVE,Abuja-based online newspaper, on behalf of the family, stated that Madam Ojeifo died at the family house in the ancient town of Owo, Ondo State, where she lived all of her married life, and left behind worthy legacies of service to God and mankind as well as successful children including those she mentored.
According to the statement, the funeral programme would commence on Thursday, November 21, 2024 with a wake at the family residence in Owo, Ondo State, to be followed by religious ceremonies that would culminate in the interment of her remains on Friday, November 22, 2024 at her residence in Agbede in Etsako West LGA of Edo State.
“On Saturday, November 23, 2024, there will be a celebration of life of Madam Aishetu Ojeifo by children, grandchildren, great grandchildren, extended family members, family friends, and communities who were directly or indirectly impacted by her life and times of discipline, compassion, and good neighbourliness nested in the service of God and mankind,” the statement reads in part, adding that there would be a thanksgiving church service on Sunday, November 24, 2024, in Owo, Ondo State.
Madam Ojeifo, born into the royal family of Agbede, is survived by three children – Mr Tajudeen Mayor Ojeifo (a retired secondary school principal), Mr Sufuyan Ojeifo (journalist and publisher of THE CONCLAVE online newspaper) and Mr Kabir Ojeifo (a quantity surveyor at the FCTA in Abuja); as well as twenty grandchildren and 12 great grandchildren.