By Bisade Ojoye
The Chairman of Ikenne Local Government, Honourable Sesan Ogunleye and Iyaloja-General of Remo, Chief Mrs. Mercy Owolana have commiserated with Alakenne, Oba Adeyinka Onakade over the death of his wife, Olori Oluwayemisi Onakade who passed on this morning.
Ogunleye said the news of the death was shocking and devastating as no one saw it coming. He prayed to God to give the monarch the fortitude to bear the loss.
The Most Rev. Dr. Michael Olusina Fape, Bishop of Remo and Archbishop of the Ecclesiastical Province of Lagos, Anglican Church said her death has been ordained and told the Monarch to take solace in the fact that she had gone to join the Saints.
The Bishop sermonised that her demise should not call for grieving and sorrow, because she lived a good life, and therefore urged Kabiyesi not to be despaired or unhoped, praying that God would give him and the children the fortitude to bear the loss.
For Chief Mercy Owolana, it was a personal grieve, because according to her, the late Olori was her very good childhood friend who she would greatly missed for her pleasant deposition, amiability, accessibility, reliability and understanding.
Owolana said while alive, herself and the late Olori remained close and commonly shared banters about almost everything, from their families, her uncommon love with her husband, the Alakenne who she loved passionately till death did them part.
The Iyaloja recalled herself and the late Olori started cultivated their love as young girls and that the love became stronger because she was later married to her brother, Oba Onakade who had always been a very gentle and responsible man and showered her with immeasurable love and also remained a devoted lover, confidant and husband to her.
As painful as her demise is, I’m convinced she would find a place at the blossom of God, because she served God devotedly with all her natural endowments. “Yemisi was a sonorous singer, a Nightingale. She was a Teacher who inculcated the best of morals on those she taught. Amazingly, unlike the teachers who are said to get their rewards in heaven, she earned her own rewards here on earth as she was blessed with great children and enjoyed the grace to raise them well.”
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