Adieu Iyetade Soyinka - Wole Soyinka Daughter Dies At 48

 

Dr. Iyetade Soyinka, the daughter of Nobel laureate Wole Soyinka died at the University of Ibadan Teaching Hospital leaving behind two children, both parents, numerous siblings, nieces and nephews . This tragic loss was announced by the spokesman for Professor Soyinka’s family, Mr. Jahman Anikulapo.

The deceased who was reportedly being treated for an undisclosed ailment was born on June 6, 1965 attended Staff School and Queens School, Ibadan before reading Medicine at the University of Ibadan...

Anikulapo 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.