Wife of Late Foremost Educator, Tai Solarin, Sheila, Dies At 83
Monday, October 22, 2012Omoba
Sheila Mary
Tuer
(nee Shiela Solarin) widow of the late renowned social critic, Dr. Tai
Solarin, is dead at the age of 83.
Sheila died on Sunday
afternoon at about 4.30pm at the Babcock University Teaching Hospital, ilishan
Remo, Ogun State. She had reportedly slipped while going to bed some months
back and was rushed to the hospital where she was operated upon.
Sheila was reported to
have sustained a broken hip as a result of the domestic accident.
Sheila died on Sunday
at the hospital. Her two children Corin and Tunde were said to have been by her
bedside at the hospital when she passed on.
Sheila was knighted
and awarded the Member of British Empire (MBE) in 2007 by Queen Elizabeth, Two
state-owned tertiary institutions were named after Dr. Solarin. They are; Tai
Solarin University of Education (TASUED), Ijebu-Ode and Tai Solarin College of
Education ((TASCE), Omu-Ijebu.
Funeral arrangements
for the late educator will be announced soon.
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