Soyinka, Iyetade, is dead.
A statement signed on behalf of the family by
a former Editor of the Guardian on Sunday,
Mr. Jahman Anikulapo and a close aide to
Soyinka, stated that Iyetade, a mother of two,
died while receiving treatment for an
undisclosed ailment at the University College
Hospital, Ibadan, the Oyo State capital.
Born on June 6, 1965, the deceased,
according to Anikulapo, attended Staff School
and Queens School, Ibadan before reading
Medicine at the University of Ibadan.
He described Iyetade as an "affable, intelligent
and sometimes capricious," lady who
"struggled with her health in recent years.
"In spite of this, she greeted every day with a
smile and doted on her two children. She 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," the statement
added.
The statement did not, however, disclose
burial plans for the deceased.
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