Sheila, the widow of late activist and educationist, Tai Solarin, is dead.
Sheila died on Sunday at 82.
She was an integral part of the success story of Mayflower School, Ikenne, Ogun State, founded by Tai Solarin.
Sheila died at Babcock University Teaching Hospital, Ilisan Remo, Ogun State, sources told The Eagle Online.
She was said to have undergone a surgery at the hospital in July 2012 after she fell down in her room while preparing to go to bed.
This resulted in a broken hip.
Her two children were said to be beside her when she passed on at about 4:30pm on Sunday.
Her remains, it was learnt, has been deposited at the Lagos State Teaching Hospital Mortuary in Ikeja, Lagos State.
In his reaction to the death of Sheila, the Ogun State Governor, Senator Ibikunle Amosun, described her demise as most painful and a great loss to Ogun State and Nigeria in general.
Amosun added: “Mrs Solarin was an example of that much-needed global spirit that sees beyond colour, race and religion in inter-relationships among peoples, nations and continents of the world.
“Ogun State and Nigeria have lost a first class teacher, an epitome of hard work, a humanist extraordinnaire and role model of distinction.”
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