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It Is Going To Be A 2 Day Event
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Tells City People Why She Will Miss Her Mum
From Friday 28th April 2017 to Saturday 29th April 2017 all roads will lead to Ilesha where Lagos society woman, Princess Toyin Kolade will bury her mum, Princess Comfort Folorunso Adejuyigbe (JP) nee Arimoro she died at age 92 on 17th October 2016 Burial rites begins on Friday 28th April with the Christian Wake at her residence ALAS Comfort, Folorunso Close, Agric Rd Stadium, Oke Ibukun, Ilesha. The next day, Saturday 29th April 2017 there will be burial service at her residence, Oke Ibukun Stadium. Time 8am. Outing Service will be at C & S Church, Oke Oye district headquarters, Oke Oye, Ilesha. Time is 10am. Reception and Entertainment of guests follows at kings Mega Event Centre, Ilesa, beside High Court, Ife road, Ilesha. She is from 2 ruling houses in Ilesha. She is from the Adejuyigbe royal family of Biladu Ruling House and Arimoro Royal ruling house of Ijebuland. Mama Aladula or Mama Alayeere as she was fondly called share lots of things in common with her daughter Princess Toyin Kolade, who is the CEO of Fisolak in Apapa, Lagos. City People Assistant Society Editor, ABIOLA ORISILE recently interviewed the Iyalaje of the Source, at her house in Lagos and she revealed how her mum had a premonition of her death.
How would you describe your late mother?
My mum was an epitome of love and I have to say that I am proud to be her daughter. I was able to learnt many things from her including her business acumen. There is nobody in my town, who doesn’t know “Iya Elelubo”. My mum was a popular business woman in Ilesha and she was also a Princess. I will miss everything about her. Though, she wasn’t sick, but we all knew her time was up. She had premonition of her death 4 weeks before she died.
What do you mean by saying she had premonition of her death?
Four weeks ago, I was at work in Apapa and one of my staffers, gave me a call that Mama had packed all her clothes, saying she was going back to Ilesha. I had to rush down to see her and she insisted she was going. This is a 92 years old woman who had issue with her legs but walked with no help to the gate. I had to beg her and take her back inside the house. I was even surprised she could walk to the gate without help. I told her the driver would take her. She said: “Brother mi npemi. (my brother is calling me). My mother used to call my late father, brother mi.
She said it was dangerous for her not to go home. She later said even if the driver could not drop her at a particular junction near my house, he should drop her at Ita. She was also saying things that she had forgotten in the past. She said brother mi Adejuyigbe npe mi, (Adejuyigbe is my father’s name). Every old wife in Ilesha calls their husband, brother mi. The development made me know that people don’t die. She would also sometimes start by singing and saying she saw angels. She would say she is going to House of glory. She said Toyin, where I am going is finer than this place, but despite this, it was difficult for me as her daughter.
She would pray and sing. She gave all her good clothes away and we asked her why, she said those people needed them than her. She lived a fulfilled life.
Why do they call her Iya Alaye Ere?
They called her Iya Alaye-ere because if she greeted you, she would add, Alaye Ere. In Ilesha when we were young, Baba Obadare came to our town and he said there was a woman in the town, who would build 3 houses in one year and my mother built 3 big houses in Ilesha. During her thanksgiving service, she said she dedicated the houses to God. Nobody has ever paid rent since she built the houses many years ago. She said “Ofe ni”.
You once said your mother was a very spiritual person?
 Very spiritual. My mother never moved closer to my father unless she wanted to conceive. She was so prayerful. She was a Christian. In my house, we used to go to Ori Oke Igbolun, Orioke Erinmo, Ori-Oke Nla. She was a prayer warrior.
How many kids did she have?
We were 5, a twin died at the hospital and my niece, Lekan’s mother died in 1999, but I am the last born. My father died on my birthday and I was at Tincan Island when I received news of his death. My mother died at 92 years, 7 days at 7 p.m. She was born in October and she died in October.
Where would Mama be interred?
Well, it so obvious, she wanted to be interred in Ilesha and she would get it. Moreover, most of Ilesha elders don’t like to die far away from home. That was why she was prepared to be in Ilesha. If we had taken her home, she would have died there which is common among elders of Egbe Aladura. My mother didn’t know anything than prayer.
The burial would be at Ilesha. If we had buried my father outside Ilesha, he would not have come looking for her.
Was your mother a prophetess?
Yes, she was. My mother came from a popular family called Akimoro in Ilesha.
My father too was a Prince. He was the first son of Oba Atayero. My father’s younger brother, was Oba Osu. My father’s name is Adebola Adeyuyigbe. So, it is going to be a celebration of life. I asked her if I should embalm her, she said yes.
She said she wanted celebration of life that we should dance because she was going to enjoy more where she is going. My mother was a prayer warrior. I learnt the act of giving from her. Some people do say I am not Ilesha as they believe that Ijesha people are stingy, but we are not.
Somebody gave her 1000 dollars a few weeks ago and she gave it out. It is good to be good. Why do you have to save if you could help people? What makes you think you will live till tomorrow? We die every day and it is God’s wish that He wakes us up the next day.
They will call you a Waster, never mind, continue to be good. Many people have extended hand of fellowship since she died. People brought food, so I am glad that I am a good woman owing to my mother’s kind nature. I thank all those who came to commiserate with me.
What business did your mother do?
She used to sell yam. She had good business which brought her good money. Then she went into yam flour as Ilesha didn’t have yam flour and that was how she became popular.
