Ekiti State Governor , Dr Kayode Fayemi , has commiserated with the family of the late Prof . Sophie Oluwole, a renowned academic who passed away on Sunday at 83 years .
Fayemi said the death of Oluwole, the first female doctorate degree holder in Philosophy, had robbed Nigeria of another of one bright stars .
The governor, in a statement by his Chief Press Secretary , Mr Yinka Oyebode , described the late Prof Oluwole , who taught him in his undergraduate years at the University of Lagos , as an epitome of diligence and distinction .
Fayemi said , “Prof Oluwole was a teacher with a difference , a distinguished scholar with an unusual approach to teaching . She was indeed a woman of honour and distinction”
The governor said the late don spent the better part of her life outside the classroom in working for the development of the Yoruba culture , tradition and philosophy.
“She will be remembered as a distinguished scholar who touched many lives and as a dogged fighter and a Yoruba nationalist who never joked with the things that concerned her people. Hers was a life well spent in the service of mankind . ”
