My mother died after falling out from a chair – Tunde, Sheila Solarin’s son

Tunde, son of the late famous social critic and frontline activist, Dr. Tai Solarin, has said that his late mum, Sheila, passed on Sunday sequel to the injuries she sustained after falling out from a chair recently.
According to the bereaved man, his mother, until her glorious end on Sunday loved gathering children around herself.
Describing her as “an educationist who devoted the whole of her life time to teaching”, Tunde affirmed that the entire Solarin’s family would greatly miss her.
He said, “Even at old age, she would sit on her chair, gather some children of staff members and others who used to come to her from outside and teach them.
“She died as a result of the injuries she sustained when she fell out from her chair while trying to get out of it.”
He added that his late mother would be interred beside her husband, Tai Solarin in two fortnight after a meeting with the family members.
Meanwhile, President Goodluck Jonathan has extended his condolence message to the family. He described her demise as “a big loss to the nation”.
Jonathan in a statement by his Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Dr. Reuben Abati, said the death of Sheila would greatly affect the educational system of the country.
He said: “Her remarkably long period in running the popular Mayflower School, Ikenne and teaching English in that school, made her to leave an indelible impact on generations of students who today occupy prominent positions in all sectors of the Nigerian society,” he said.
Also mourning the late renowned educationist, widow of the late Chief Obafemi Awolowo, Chief HID Awolowo, and other well-meaning Nigerians have express their hearth-felt over the irreparable loss.
Awolowo in her condolence message to the deceased family described Sheila as “a close family friend who would be greatly missed by all”.
HID added, “We are really going to miss her greatly and pray God to give the children and family the fortitude to bear the great loss.”
Also, Ogun State Commissioner for Education, Mr.Olusegun Odubela said the deceased left a legacy in the educational system: “we cannot talk about education in Ogun State and Nigeria in general without mentioning mama’s name”.
Vice-Chancellor, Tai Solarin University of Education Ijagun, Prof. Segun Awonusi and President, Women Arise, Dr. Joe Okei-Odumakin also described her death as, “a colossal loss to the Mayflower family, the education community in Nigeria and all admirers of the exemplary life of the Solarins all over the world”.
Sheila passed away at the age of 88 at the Babcock University Teaching Hospital, Ilishan Remo, Ogun State.

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