SAD! Lai Muhammed Mourns As Oyedepo Loses Wife
The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, on Friday commiserated with Dr. Hezekiah Oyedepo about the death of his wife and General Manager of the National Theater, Dr. Stella Oyedepo.
The minister in condolence visit led management officials of the ministry to the family house of the Oyedepos in Ilorin to commiserates with the family.
The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the Permanent Secretary in the ministry, Mrs Grace Gekpe, as well as Directors and Special Advisers to the minister made the list of delegation.
Mohammed who described the death of the National Theater boss as “sad and shocking,” also added that the entire ministry had lost a great administrator in her.
He said the ‘departed soul’ was a great enthusiast of culture who left good footprints on the sands of time and beyond the shores of Nigeria.
“I am here with the top management of the ministry to condole with you on the tragic and sad loss of one of the CEOs or one of our parastatals, the National Theater.
Lai Muhammed said that the deceased left very big imprints in the national eco system of the creative industry.
“In the one year she spent as the CEO of the National Theater, we want to continue to remember her enthusiasm, passion and resolute decision to move the establishment to greater heights.
“When the Chairman of the Senate Committee on Culture, Sen. Fatima Raji-Rasaki, called me yesterday, it was the infectious and passionate nature of Dr. Oyedepo that struck her most, ”he said.
The husband, however, in a letter remark, described his late wife as an “irreplaceable partner” whose death left indelible memories in him and the family.
He appreciated the minister, management and members of the ministry for the condolence visit.
NAN reports that when the delegation was offering prayers for the family, Dr. David Oyedepo, the Founder and Presiding Bishop of Living Faith Church Worldwide, came in.
The clergy man, who is a cousin of the deceased’s husband, joined in the prayer session and offered special prayers for all.
The late Oyedepo, who died in a gastric motor accident on Easter Monday on her way to Lagos, was appointed as National Theater’s General Manager in April 2018.
She was a foremost Nigerian playwright who had written about 300 plays about the course of her career, with 30 published.
The 65-year-old playwright was also an ex-director of the Kwara State Council for Arts and Culture.