On Wednesday, April 2,
Harbour Point, an event centre on Victoria Island, Lagos wore a grim look. The
large cast of guests in attendance looked funereal. The occasion was the Service
of Songs and Christian wake-keep for Mojisola Oyinade Aderoumubo Ogunsanya, the wife of
Multichoice Nigeria boss, Dewunmi Ogunsanya. Moji passed away on Saturday, March 22, in Germany, after a protracted
battled with cancer of the colon. She was aged 49.
Amidst tears and wailing, the remains of Mojisola were later
committed to mother earth this morning. She was buried at her husband’s country
home in Ikorodu town, Lagos State.
Moji’s husband, Dewunmi gave vent to emotions and wept like a
baby during the Service of Songs and funeral ceremony. For Dewunmi, the death of Moji is a loss at many levels. It was
the loss of his best friend, a sister, a mother, a confidant and a wife in
every true sense of the word. Through the almost 25 years of their marriage,
Moji remained a pillar of sincere affection, deep love, uncommon understanding
and unwavering support for him and his pursuits.
Sources disclosed to
The ELITES that Moji’s last days were characterized by grief and sorrow. The
deceased was said to have informed her loved ones not to weep at the event of
her death. On her deathbed, Dewunmi was reported to have vowed to take care of
their four children and keep her memories alive in every way he can. It was
gathered that the Multichoice boss, who had become shrunk with grief could not
stand seeing life ebbing out of his wife, as she laid on her hospital bed. He
was reported to have left Germany shortly before she took her final breadth.
The ELITES gathered
that Dewunmi Ogunsanya expended enormous resources, in his bid to ensure that
his wife got the best of treatment. Sources disclosed that, sensing that the
end was near for his wife, Dewunmi was forced to speed up the completion of his
new house in Ikoyi. Also, he ensured that Moji put the final finishing touches
to the interiors of their home. Sources disclosed that Dewunmi was moved to
take this decision because he didn’t want to move into their new home after his
wife might have made her final exit.
Mojisola
Ogunsanya was born in Lagos on the 13th of March 1965 to late Prince Dr Tayo
Adesanya and Mrs Omolara Adesanya (nee Odukoya). She attended University of
Lagos Staff School for her primary education and Methodist Girls High School
Yaba, Lagos, for her secondary education.
Her
childhood years were spent at the University Of Lagos where she grew up and
blossomed as a teenager amidst friends and family in a secure and intimate
campus environment where neighbours were just as close as family.
Then,
she attended Brooke House, Market Harborough, Leicestershire in the United
Kingdom for her A levels, where she met the love of her life Adewunmi. She
returned to Nigeria in 1984 to study law at the University Of Lagos and was
called to the Nigerian Bar in 1988.
She did
her masters in International Law and Diplomacy at the University Of Lagos.
Moji
started her legal career at the legal department of Prime Merchant Bank
followed by Gateway Bank where she worked as Legal Counsel. She was committed
to the practice of law and worked with the law office of Ukiri and Sasore,
Ajumogobia and Okeke, following which she was appointed a Magistrate in the
Lagos Judiciary, a position she held till her demise. She was a woman of
integrity. As a Magistrate, Moji distinguished herself by the quality of her
judgments through her industry. She was fair, meticulous and highly
respected by her peers.
Moji was
a devoted Christian and her faith in God was evident in her relationship with
people and her community at large. Moji was witty and humorous. She was
exceptionally gifted in the use of words and language which many found
entertaining.
Moji’s
loved ones described her as being extremely meticulous. Her home was always
tidy and organized to perfection. She also loved cooking and traveling. Moji
was entrepreneurial and managed to combine her professional life with her
passion for jewelry and style.
Moji was
a philanthropist and was passionate about orphans. She worked tirelessly with a
few Motherless Homes and would visit the orphanages regularly. She contributed
a lot of her time to them. Moji’s quiet philanthropy extended to people in need
that she met in the course of her everyday life.
Moji was
a stylish woman, and her elegance stood her out in the crowd.
A dedicated
wife and a devoted mother, who raised four amazing children, all of whom did
her proud, namely Adebusola, Fuad, Fadekemi and Aliyah. She had numerous
friends and managed to keep a special bond with each one of them.
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