Tai Solarin’s widow, Sheila, dies at 82

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.
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."