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Mama Aderonke Kale.
E.
O. Okafor, president of the Alumni Association of the National Institute
(AANI), confirmed Kale’s demise in a statement on Thursday.
Okafor
described her passing as an “irreparable loss”, adding that burial arrangements
would be announced by her family.
“AANI
and indeed the nation will continue to remember the remarkable legacy of the
iconic Major General Aderonke Kale (rtd) mni, who had been a trailblazer in
Nigeria’s medical and military history. May her gentle soul continue to rest in
peace, Amen,” the statement issued by S. K. Usman, former army spokesperson,
said.
Although
the cause of her death is unclear as at the time of this report, Kale is
reported to have died in London on Wednesday.
Kale
who born on July 31, 1939, trained as medical doctor at the University of
Ibadan before specialising in psychiatry at the University of London.
The
former major-general worked briefly in England before returning to join the
Nigerian army in 1972.
Kale
rose through the ranks in the army, becoming a colonel and deputy commander of
the Nigerian army medical corps by 1990.
In
1994, she was promoted to major-general and retired from the army in 1997.
Aderonke
was married to Oladele Kale, a professor of preventive and social medicine, and
was a mother of five sons, including Yemi Kale, former statistician-general of
Nigeria.
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