Iyetade Soyinka, a
daughter of Nobel laureate Wole Soyinka, has died. Ms. Soyinka, who was born
June 6, 1965, died at the University of Ibadan Teaching Hospital where she was
being treated for an undisclosed ailment.The death was disclosed in a statement
signed by Jahman Anikulapo, an aide to Mr. Soyinka, one of the world’s foremost
dramatists and winner of the 1986 Nobel Prize in literature. The statement
noted that the late Iyetade Soyinka was a student at the Staff School and
Queens School, Ibadan before she studied Medicine at the University of Ibadan.
Mr. Anikulapo’s
statement described the deceased as “affable, intelligent and sometimes
capricious,” adding that she “struggled with her health in recent years.” Despite
her health woes, the late Iyetade Soyinka “greeted every day with a smile and
doted on her two children.”
The statement, which was
issued on behalf of the deceased’s family, revealed that Ms. Soyinka “took ill
quite suddenly and passed away while being treated at UCH, Ibadan.
“Iyetade leaves behind
two children, both parents, numerous siblings, nieces and nephews.”
No funeral arrangements
were announced in the statement. SaharaReporters was unable to reach Professor
Soyinka before press time.
Source: SaharaReporters
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