Organizers of the Nigeria Pitch Awards, have expressed shock and deep sadness over the sudden demise of former Miss Lux, Pastor Mrs. Ibidun Elizabeth Ituah-Ighodalo (Nee Ajayi).
Ibidun, wife of Pastor Ituah Ighodalo died in the early hours of Monday in her hotel room in Port Harcourt, the Rivers State capital.
In a statement released in Abuja, Shina Philips, President of the Nigeria Pitch Awards, said “I am still in deep shock over the sudden death of Mrs. Ighodalo. I am a personal friend of the Pastor Ituah Ighodalo’s family. Besides Pastor Ighodalo’s engagement with the Nigeria Pitch Awards, he has been my friend, my brother and a pastor to me.
“The late Mrs. Ighodalo has offered us the use of her event centre and services more than once but the award ceremony hasn’t been hosted in Lagos yet’.
“Our thoughts and prayers are with the Ighodalo and Ajayi families as they mourn the death and irreparable loss of their brave, beautiful, industrious and God-fearing wife and daughter.’ Philips said.
Pastor Ituah Ighodalo is the Managing Partner of SIAO Partners, the accounting firm which coordinates the entire voting process of the Nigeria Pitch Awards.