Ibidun Ighodalo, wife of Pastor Ighodalo of Trinity House Church in Lagos, is dead

Ibidun Ighodalo, wife of Pastor Ighodalo of Trinity House Church in Lagos, is dead.

At 39, she reportedly suffered a cardiac arrest in the early hours of Sunday in Port Harcourt, Rivers State.

She was working in Bayelsa and Rivers States, helping with the building of isolation centres for COVID-19 patients.

The family released the statement below:

"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.

As you will understand, this is a difficult time for our families and we will appreciate some privacy during this time. All information of burial proceedings will be provided in due course.''

Mrs Ighodalo was the owner of an event planning outfit, Elizabeth R, with a lot of big brands on her clientele list.

A former beauty queen when she won the Miss Lux beauty pageant as an 18-year old University of Lagos undergraduate, she married Pastor Ituah Ighodalo in 2007.

She was also the founder of Ibidunni Ighodalo Foundation, a non-profit organisation created to raise awareness on issues about infertility. The foundation also provides grants for couples that require fertility treatments such as in-vitro fertilisation (IVF) and intrauterine insemination.

Ibidun and Ituah Ighodalo

The Foundation also partners with highly reputable fertility clinics in Nigeria and with other donors to provide couples with the financial and material support they require during the treatments. They also provide the necessary psychological and spiritual support they require to deal with the pressures they face along their journey to conception.

It was her struggle with infertility that led her to start the foundation