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Dr Abiodun Laja Is Dead: Nigerian Educationist, Lekki British School Founder Dies Of Heart Attack In US
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Dr Abiodun Laja Is Dead: Nigerian Educationist, Lekki British School Founder Dies Of Heart Attack After Back Surgery In The US
One of Nigeria’s most celebrated educationists, Dr Abiodun Laja is dead.
The founder of Lekki British School in Lekki Lagos passed away on Sunday the 26th of May in a private hospital in the US.
According to family sources, the 69-year-old passed away after undergoing a life-saving back surgery.
She reportedly gave up the ghost exactly five days after the successful surgery.
She is survived by 2 sons and many grandchildren.
Late Doctor Laja was the younger sister of ex Custom official, Chief Kofo Olugbesan and elder sister of APC Women leader for South West, Chief Olukemi Nelson.
May her soul rest in peace.
Funsho Williams
May 28, 2019 at 10:58 PM
RIP MADAM. I still saw her in January at a wedding. so sorry for the Laja family
Weep no more, she is in a better place now
Fifelomo
May 29, 2019 at 1:57 PM
Rip.
Juanita M Faulkner
June 6, 2019 at 8:19 PM
My heart is broken at the sudden death of my dear sister in Christ
My name is Juanita Faulkner, an American, who met Dr Laja in NY, while we were both shopping
She exclaimed, “Oh, my God, you look just like my sister who just passed a few months ago!”
Since then, we were true sisters. She sponsored me to Nigeria, where I spent a month in her lovely home. Her sons Francis and Christian marveled at how much alike we looked. I will miss her annual trips to New York, where we “shopped until we dropped” Her devotion to Christ and her church, has assured her a place in the Heavenly Kindom.
“Farewell for now, my beloved Sister, we shall meet again in Glory…Amen