PRESIDENT JONATHAN COMMISERATES WITH SOYINKA ON DAUGHTER’S DEATH

On behalf of himself and the Federal Government, President Goodluck Jonathan extends sincere condolences to Prof. Wole Soyinka and other members of the Soyinka family on the death of the Nobel laureate's daughter, Iyetade  at the age of 48.


Noting that Iyetade's untimely death at such a young age must be quite painful for Prof. Soyinka and his family, President Jonathan prayed that God Almighty will comfort Prof. Soyinka and all others who mourn his late daughter.

He urged them to take solace in the belief that Iyetade has gone away from all earthly troubles to rest for eternity in God's bosom.

Reuben Abati
Special Adviser to the President
(Media & Publicity)
December 30, 2013

Wole Soyinka loses 48-year-old Daughter

A daughter of Nobel Laureate Prof. Wole 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.