Jonathan, Amosun commiserate with Soyinka

PRESIDENT Goodluck Jonathan has, on behalf of himself and the Federal Government, extended 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.

According to a statement issued in Abuja on Monday by the Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Dr Reuben Abati, the president noted that Iyetade’s untimely death at such a young age “must be quite painful for Prof. Soyinka and his family and prayed that God Almighty will comfort Professor Soyinka and all others who mourn his late daughter.”

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


Also, the Ogun State governor, Senator Ibikunle Amosun, expressed his deepest condolences to Africa’s first Nobel Laureate, Professor Soyinka, on the death of his daughter.

In a press release signed by his Senior Special Assistant on Media, Mrs Funmi Wakama, Senator Amosun described the death of Iyetade as “most unfortunate and regrettable.”

“It is most unfortunate that the cold hands of death has snatched away Dr Iyetade Soyinka at the prime of her life, when her knowledge and expertise would have been invaluable to her immediate family and the society at large. Our heartfelt sympathy goes to Professor Wole Soyinka and his family at this trying period, although, we know that only God can comfort him,” the governor said. 

Amosun, who also extended his heartfelt condolences to the mother, children and other family members of the deceased, prayed the Almighty God to grant the family the fortitude to bear the irreparable loss.