Oba Adeyeye Enitan Ogunwusi, the Ooni of Ife, has lost his maternal grandmother, Madam Comfort Faramobi Ajoke Olasoji Soji-Opa, at the age of 103.
The palace spokesman, Mr Moses Olafare, on Sunday evening confirmedtl the death of the aged woman who was fondly called ‘Mama Agba’ during her lifetime.
Olafare said the deceased, who was a trader, was born to the families of Chief and Mrs Aina Akinyemi of the Ajigbayin Compound of Ile-Ife in Osun State.
According to him: “Her uprightness as a genuine family woman and disciplined Christian earned her the enviable position of Iyaale-Opa (Matriarch of Opa’s Compound) and Alatunse of Ethiopian Church, Ile-Ife through which she meritoriously served her creator and humanity.
“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 lifetime to in service till she took her last breath”.
