A Lagos-based Public Relations consultant and former Head of Corporate Communications of the defunct Skye Bank (now Polaris Bank), Kayode Akinyemi, has announced the death of his mother, Mrs Victoria Bodunde Akinyemi.

Akinyemi, also a former Director General of Ekiti State Bureau of Strategic Communications, said the mother passed peacefully in the early hours of Friday, June 14, 2026.

Mrs Akinyemi, 85, was a devoted Christian and a prominent  member of the Christ Apostolic Church, Oke Iyanu, Afao – Ekiti, where she served as representative of Good Women Society and also a member of the church choirs for many years.

As a community leader and philanthropist, she was the Iya Egbe (chairlady) of Egbe Igbotoluwa of Afao-Ekiti.

The deceased is survived by children, grandchildren, and great-grandchildren.