Marketing Edge publisher loses mum, announces burial plans

Publisher/Chief Executive Officer of MARKETING EDGE magazine, Mr. John Ajayi, has announced the details of the final rites of passage for the celebration of the life and times of his mother, Mrs. Elizabeth Idowu Durodola Ajayi (nee Olofinmonmi).

Making the details public in a statement which he issued in Lagos earlier, today, Ajayi said a Christian Wake would flag off the events on Thursday, October, 2021; and it holds at K/4, Ibeji Street, Ijan Ekiti at 5pm prompt.

On Friday, October 8, a Requiem/Burial Mass and interment would take place at St. James’ Cathedral, Ijan, Ekiti State at 11am. This would be followed by reception and entertainment of Guests at Moyosore Layout, Opposite General Hospital, Ijan, Ekiti State.

It would be recalled that the Matriarch of the Falomo Ajayi dynasty of Ijan Ekiti, Ekiti State, passed on peacefully on Thursday, September 9 at the ripe age of 97 years after a brief illness.

The late Mama IDOWU DURODOLA ELIZABETH AJAYI was born on Imoru Street, Ijan Ekiti, in 1924 into the family of a professional carpenter, Late Pa Abraham Olofinmomi (aka Apeere Igbagbo) from Idanre, Ondo State, who had come to sojourn at Ijan Ekiti to earn his living as a vibrant carpenter and proficient farmer.

History has it that Olofinmomi was the first person to roof his house with iron sheets as well as plant cocoa in Ijan Ekiti.

Her mother, Late Chief Ekerun Apotun Ibiyimika was a Traditional Weaver (Ahunso) as well as a Trader. She was born in Ogbon Titun, Ijan Ekiti to the family of Late Chief Osodi Fasae.

On her part, recently transited Durodola Ajayi was a petty trader in her youthful days, combining that with farming, her husband’s occupation.

The departed Matriarch got married to Late Chief Nathaniel Falomo Ajayi (the Ajana of Ijan Ekiti). The marriage was a fulfilled one, with God-fearing and well-doing children, grand and great grandchildren.