Queen Moremi Ajasoro Statue of Liberty first of its kind was
yesterday unveiled, the tallest in Nigeria and the 3rd in
Africa (42ft) as part of the drive of the Ooni of Ife, His Imperial Majesty Ooni
Adeyeye Enitan Ogunwusi Ojaja II to turn Ile-ife to the hub of “Global Tourism
Destination’’
She was a brave and pretty queen who in order to solve the
problems facing her people, offered anything she had to give in sacrifice to
the spirit of Esimirin river so as to discover the strength of the enemies of
Oodua race. She is a heroine who liberated the people of Oodua land from
slavery invasion of faceless terrorists.
The Queen Moremi
Ajasoro Statue of Liberty is the first of its kinds in this great fist of
cultural exhibition and transformation of Ife into a major tourist zone.
Ooni Ogunwusi in extolling the virtues of the great African Heroine, praised God for making one
of his greatest dreams come to reality within his one-year on the throne of his
forefathers. Described the heroine (Moremi) as the real mother of liberty in
the world whose legacy must not be left in the oblivion.
“God Almighty has
given me the grace of achieving one of my greatest ambitions within my first
year on this sacred throne of Oduduwa.
“Moremi Ajasoro,
an Ife queen who in her lifetime exhibited an unrivaled heroism of world’s
liberty dedicated her life to the liberation of mankind by sacrificing her only
child to free the people of Oodua land from the invasion of some faceless
terrorists thousands of years ago.
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The 42ft Moremi Liberty Statue, erected right where Moremi lived before she became a diety thousands of years ago, as a goddess of liberty.
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