Waiting for Moji Olaiya’s corpse

Moji Olaiya was from Ekiti State, but it is a former governor of Lagos State that has stepped forward to support her family, following her sudden death. She’s pictured here with her first daughter, Adun.

The rumours were wrong – Ekiti State governor Ayodele Fayose DID NOT make any funds available to the family of late Nigerian actor Moji Olaiya who passed on suddenly in Canada last week.

The 42 year old mother of two reportedly suffered a cardiac arrest, two months after delivering her second baby. Due to the cost of freighting her remains back home, the burial committee and a section of the family decided it was best to bury her in Canada.

But her first daughter, Adun, spoke out, insisting her mother’s corpse be brought back home. Of course many echoed her sentiments, with colleagues immediately swinging into action, hoping to raise the funds.

Yesterday, members of her burial committee issued photos from a meeting with Nigerian politician Bola Tinubu at his home in Ikoyi, Lagos. Her daughter was in the cut.

The family confirmed Tinubu has provided the entire sum needed to bring Moji Olaiya’s remains home, as well as fund a befitting burial for her.

The committee after due deliberation consulted our father and National Grand patron of our association (TAMPAN), Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu on May 21, 2017 to inform him of the demise of our colleague, Moji Olaiya and that our humble unanimous decision is to have her body back, then give her a befitting burial and have her two-month-old daughter reunited with the family.