Prof Taibat Danmole, the first daughter of Oba Oladunni Oyewumi, the late Soun of Ogbomoso, has died.
Danmole, 71, passed away on Saturday, less than a month after her father died.
Oba Oyewumi, who was 95 years old at the time, died on December 12th.
Danmole had been unwell before she died on Saturday, just 28 days after her father the king died, according to sources within the palace.
“Baba’s first daughter died yesterday (Saturday). She has been sick for some time and it happened yesterday. We just pray that God will spare the lives of those of us remaining,” one of the sources said.
As of the time of filing this report, arrangements were ongoing to bury the deceased in Ilorin, Kwara State capital.
The deceased was married to the Dean, College of Humanities and Social Sciences, Al-Hikmah University, Ilorin, Prof Hakeem Danmole.
She was Commissioner for Education in Oyo State from 1997 to1998.
She was a member of a Visitation Panel to The Polytechnic, Ibadan in 2011.
She was also a resource person, coordinator and independent assessor to the National Teacher Institute.
The late Danmole was said to have been a lecturer at the University of Ilorin before she transferred her service to the Lagos State University where she retired.
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