In the history of YORUBA race, Moremi Ajasoro can never be forgotten, princess Moremi hailed from Offa, She was a member by marriage to the royal family of OONI Oduduwa, the progenitor of the Yoruba race. Ayaba moremi ajasoro was a wife to OONI Oranmiyan of Ile-Ife the son of OONI ODUDUWA. Her face radiates with beauty like that of the early morning sun. Ayaba Moremi Ajasoro was a faithful wife and a steadfast supporter of OONI Oranmiyan and Ile-Ife.
At a time a neighbouring tribe called Igbo were always invading Ile-ife dressed in raffia palms. The igbo's were enslaving the Yoruba's. During this period Moremi Ajasoro had to offer anything she had as sacrifice to the Spirit of the river Esimirin in order to discover the strength of her nation's enemies.
She was taken as a slave by the Igbo and, due to her beauty, she got married to their ruler as his queen. After a while there she had known every secret about her new husband's army, she then escaped to Ile-Ife and revealed this to OONI Oranmiyan after which they were able to subsequently defeat them in battle.
After the war she returned to OONI Oramiyan of Ife who immediately re-instated her as his Princess Consort. In order to fulfil her pledge to Esimirin before embarking on the mission, her son Olurogbo was sacrificed to the Spirit of Esimirin because that was what it asked her for when she returned.
In Ile-ife, The Edi Festival is celebrated. This festival was said to have started as a means of celebrating the sacrifice the princess made for the people of Yorubaland.
More so, a number of public places are named after her in Nigeria