Nigeria's First Trained Cosmetologist & Manufacturer of Popular Clarissa Hair Pomade, Chief (Mrs) Wright-Osibogun Passes On At 94
The death of the first trained cosmetologist and manufacturer of popular 'CLARISSA' hair pomade has occured in Ibadan.
According to one of her children and notable Prince in Ijebuland, Otunba Giwa Ayodeji Osibogun, who broke the sad news to the media. He stated
At exactly 12 noon 15th July 2022, Chief Mrs Olayinka Abiodun Osibogun-Wright, manufacturer of popular hair pomade 'Clarissa' in the 50s, 60s and 70s in Nigeria passed on in her sleep at her residence, 18, Are avenue, New Bodija, Ibadan, Oyo State. She is survived by children, grandchildren and great grandchildren.
In her lifetime, Chief (Mrs) Olayinka Abiodun Osibogun-Wright was a staunch member of the Chapel of Resurrection, a decorated Anglican and member of the choir for over fifty (50) years.
She was a well known Ibadan business woman who plied her trade at the old 'Gbagi' alongside Chief (Mrs) Awolowo, Chief (Mrs) Akikugbe and others.
She was a descendant of the great Wright family and kinoshi family of Egbaland. Her ancestors were the first set of freed slaves returned to Nigeria with the changed name 'Thomas Benjamin Wright' (reverened in the CMS Anglican communion).
She is a descendant of the ruling family, Fusengbuwa/ Tuwase royal family in Ijebuland. She is also a descendant of the Mosene Elewala family of Ikorodu where she is related to Chief(Mrs) Folake Solanke (the matriarch of the Nigerian Bar Association).
Chief (Mrs) Olayinka Abiodun Osibogun-Wright was a seasoned philanthropist who cared for the poor, gave to the poor and lived her life for the poor.
In Are avenue, she was popularly known as a one-woman vigilante because she ensured that security prevailed in that area for as long as she lived.
She will be fondly remembered by the entire Ibadan community, Ikorodu community, Lagos community, Ijebu community and the Egba community(where she hailed from the Ijeun quarters in Abeokuta).
Burial and funeral arrangements will be announced later.
Signed
Otunba Giwa Ayodeji Osibogun
For the family.
Comments
May Mama's enterprising soul rest in perfect peace.
Mama lived a glorious and fulfilled life and her womb was blessed with iconic children including the gentle giant and Media entrepreneur and Philanthropist extraordinary Otunba Deji Osibogun and Lady Funmilayo among others.
A fashionista in even in her old age Mama was always a delight to behold.
Mama lived an entire life in the service of God and Humanity.
High Chief Tola Adeniyi
Akogun of Ijebuland.
Mama finally returned to her maker. Beautiful, elegant, stately, enterprising, no nonsense, with a sonorous voice, she made her mark in Are Avenue, indeed, the whole of Bodija Ibadan, Chapel of Ressurection U.I, and the rest of Ibadan.
She will be sorely missed. I commiserate with my darling aburos, Otunba Deji and Yeye Otunba Debola Osibogun, my amiable neighbour and role model, auntie Chief Folake Solanke SAN and the entire family. E de ile na gbo, e de to o loruko Jesu. Yeye Otunba Prof Mrs Adenike Olu-Osoba
Kayode Omotade
Old Bodija, Ibadan
Chief (Ms) Tolu Ighodalo
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Kemi Odukale Aina.
LONDON.
Rest easy mum in the bosom of our Lord Jesus Christ. Amen ���� ♥️.
My sincere condolences to the entire Oshibogun family ������.
Yetunde Anibaba.
-Dr Richard Oyelewu , Angela and children ( Christian and Angelica )
To God be the glory for a life well spent. *Chief Olayinka Atinuke Abiodun Wright-Osibogun* was a wonderful mother, daughter, sister, aunt, grandmother and great-grandmother. Her ways of life were selfless and kind, she was well respected by everyone that knew her, and rightly so.
She instilled morals and discipline in me, those of which I still apply to this day. 3 things that stood out about her for me was that:
1. She was a caring child to her parents, she took care of them and her grandparents up until they left us.
2. She was a wonderful mother to her children. I recall a time that she went to the States to visit her children and when she saw that they were struggling she brought all of them and the grandchildren back to Nigeria so that they could live a more comfortable life. If that's not a mother's love, I don't know what is.
3. She was a beautiful and elegant, both in and out. The way she carried herself is part of the the reason why she was so highly respected.
One key piece of wisdom she has left me with is to live an honest life and to carry myself as an upright member of society; to be kind to people that way life will be kind to me.
She will be greatly missed.