A statement signed on behalf of the family by a former Editor of
theGuardian 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.
He described Iyetade as an "affable, intelligent and sometimes
capricious," lady who "struggled with her health in recent years.
"In spite of this, she greeted every day with a smile and doted on her
two children. She took ill quite suddenly and passed away while being
treated at UCH, Ibadan. Iyetade leaves behind two children, both
parents, numerous siblings, nieces and nephews," the statement added.
The statement did not, however, disclose burial plans for the deceased.
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