There were various problems in the late Mrs. Adedoyin Odunuga’s marriage to gospel singer Dare Melody.
Despite having three daughters, the marriage was not without interference from in-laws, particularly Dare’s family.
During his tributes at his sister-in-law’s wake on Thursday, Dare Melody’s brother disclosed that their mother, who is also late, had been frustrated with his late wife, Mrs. Adedoyin Odunuga.
He recalled an occurrence in Ibadan that prompted him to believe the late Adedoyin would divorce his brother, acknowledging that their late mother could irritate anyone. But she didn’t.
He said, “I remember when our late mum’s sister was having her 50th birthday party in Ibadan. I saw Mummy Eni (late Adedoyin) outside and she looked sad, I asked her what happened and she said, ‘it’s well,’. I later realized that my late mum had gathered her friends, put Mummy Eni at the centre and they all started saying so many negative things about her.
But Mummy Eni didn’t say anything. That day, I told her that if it was me, I would leave this family today. I even thought she would return to Lagos and pack out of my brother’s house but she didn’t. Our family is what it is today by the help of Mummy Eni. I can say that confidently. She stood by my brother through thick and thin.”
Corroborating his brother’s revelation, the widower, Dare Melody recalled his late wife’s good deeds.
He said at the wake keep on Thursday, “Adedoyin, forever you are a mother. You are not a wife but my mother. If only money could buy her life, I would have bought for her. But I couldn’t. She stood by me when I didn’t know that I would be somebody in life. My family members frustrated Adedoyin but I would hold her hands and tell her that she married me and not my family.
Narrating how she died, Dare Melody recalled she had that attack in 2023. “That year, she started vomiting. That was around 3am. We had eaten together at night so what happened? I was naked and immediately, I called on those around. She almost passed out but I took her to the hospital and she was revived. She even told me she thought she would die then and I told her that God hasn’t told us that we would die young.
Source: Kemi Ashefon
