Condolences pour in as Ighodalo loses wife, Ibidunni

Ibidunni was known for providing grants for couples who needed fertility treatments.

Ibidunni Ighodalo, popular ex-beauty queen, Lagos businesswoman, and wife of Lagos-based pastor and founder of Trinity House, Pastor Ituah Ighodalo, is dead.

It was gathered that the event planner, who would have been 40 by July 19, died in Port Harcourt, Rivers State, in the early hours of Sunday. The couple’s families released a statement confirming the sad news.

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“The Ighodalo and Olaleye Ajayi families are deeply saddened to announce the sudden loss of our beloved wife and daughter, Mrs Ibidunni Ituah-Ighodalo, who passed away in the early hours of today (Sunday).

“As you will understand, this is a difficult time for our families and we will appreciate some privacy during this time,” the statement said.

Ibidunni, an ex-beauty queen, got married to Pastor Ituah Ighdalo on February 16, 2007. Pastor Ituah, who officiated at a funeral on Sunday, gave hints on the death in his sermon.

“A lot of you know that I really shouldn’t be here. But that is how life is. Around 2’oclock this morning, I received a call that shattered my life, but life must go on,” he said.

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Ibidunni founded and successfully ran an events company, Elizerbeth R, as well as a non-profit organisation, Ibidunni Ighodalo Foundation, through which she provided grants for couples who needed fertility treatments, including IVF.

It was learnt that during the nationwide COVID-19 lockdown, Ibidunni had led her group round the country to distribute palliatives to underprivileged people. She was also reported to have set up the Enugu Isolation Centre and seen it to completion despite a sprained ankle. She is survived by her husband and their two children.

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Meanwhile, condolences have poured in from friends, loved ones and well wishers all over the world. President Muhammadu Buhari also commiserated with Pastor Ituah Ighodalo on Sunday via a statement released by his Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Femi Adesina.

“Please accept my condolences. May God give you the fortitude to bear the loss, and strengthen you at this trying time,” the statement read. Buhari described Pastor Ighodalo as a man who “faithfully prays for the country and the government.”

in the same vein, the governor of Edo State Governor, Gowin Obaseki, and his wife, Betsy, said in a statement, “Ibidunni was one of the finest among us; she was full of life and gave herself to causes that edified life and living.”

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