Mrs. Sheila Solarin

By Sheriff Balogun

The Solarin family Tuesday released the burial arrangements for Mrs. Sheila Solarin, the wife of late Dr. Tai Solarin, who died on Sunday at Babcock University Teaching Hospital in Ilisan, Ogun State.

In a statement made available to THISDAY in Ikenne, said her remains would arrive Ikenne-Remo, Ogun State on November 8 from the morgue of the Lagos University Teaching Hospital (LASUTH).

On arrival at Ikenne-Remo, the statement said the corpse would be driven through a motorcade procession to Ikenne Town Hall and later to Mayflower Secondary School, which she co-founded with her late husband.

It also said there would be a lying-in-state of her body at Schmid Hall, Mayflower Secondary School, to be followed by tributes from former students of the school.

Students of the school would also pay their last respects at the Mayflower Junior Sports Field, while a wake keep to be co-ordinated by the Methodist Church which takes place at the same venue by 4.pm.

An interdenominational service would also hold on November 9, by 11 a.m., which would be followed by a private family interment at the family house.