Twelve days after the sad demise of Taiwo Oshadipe, one half of the popular gospel singer, the family laid her to rest on Wednesday, October 15,2014 amidst tears and agony at the Victoria Court Vaults, Lekki-Epe Expressway,Lagos around 11am.
However, sadly, most entertainers and politicians who courted them while she was alive were conspicuously absent at the rite. We reliably gathered that the late act whose sudden death elicited a lot of reports and sorrowful comments was deserted by friends and colleagues at the final moment. It was just a handful of family members who witnessed the final moment. A source squealed to us that the controversies surrounding her death and non availability of adequate information from the family was responsible for that.
Checks by us revealed that the corpse left the morgue around 8am at Lagos State University Teaching Hospital, Ikeja, Lagos. The atmosphere at the one hour funeral procession was charged with sorrow and the funeral was a one-hour affair with just the family members. The procession was a downright emotional one with Kehinde calling her twin sister’s name, ‘Taiwo, Taiwo Why did you leave me?’
The twin sister however begged the officiating minister to allow her have a last word with her sister before her casket was lowered. Kehinde, who was clad in an all-white attire, was allowed five minutes of privacy by the officiating pastor (Mr. Adenekan) from The Redeemed Christian Church of God, Abule Egba.
Meanwhile, Lagos State University Teaching Hospital (LASUTH) has released the autopsy on Taiwo and the cause of her death was said to be cardiopulmonary failure literally explained or known as heart failure. This health condition is a sudden stop in effective blood circulation due to failure of the heart to contract effectively or at all. The 30 year old singer and mother of one ( Obama), died around 6:30am on Friday, October 3,2014.