Mariani Adeyemi Ogunwusi
TVC E, NEWS – The inevitable end has claimed the life of the 104 year old paternal grandmother of the Ooni of Ife, Oba Adeyeye Ogunwusi, Mariani Adeyemi Ogunwusi.
Late Ogunwusi is survived by her son, the Ooni’s father, Prince Oluropo Ogunwusi, and 12 grandchildren.
A statement by the Ooni’s Director of Media, Moses Olafare, said Madam Ogunwusi, who lost her second child, Prince Isaac Olufemi Ogunwusi, and her husband, Prince Olaobaju Joseph Ogunwusi in 1995 and 1998 respectively, died at 4:30am in her Ile-Ife home.
“It’s noteworthy to state that the late Madam Ogunwusi fondly called Mama Alaso might have had a premonition of her death as she had in the last one month been placing the Ooni’s picture on her chest either while sleeping or sitting and always saying ‘God I thank you for being alive to witness a dream of over 40 years. I am now ready to return to you in heaven for an eternity and i will be able to tell my husband of this manifestation of our 1974 dream.’
