First Nigeria Female Chartered Accountant Drops Dead In Church

The sad incident occurred in St. Paul Anglican Church,BreadFruit, Lagos on sunday when the woman reportedly slumped and died.

She was said to have slumped in the course of the church service and pronounced BID (Brought In Dead) at the hospital she was rushed to..

Chief Mrs. Olutoyin Olusola Olakunrin, the first female chartered accountant in Nigeria and sub-Saharan Africa, slumped and died at St. Paul Anglican Church, Breadfruit, Lagos on Sunday.

The late Mrs Olakunrin, who once served as Chairman of the Education Trust Fund, was the mother-in-law to Segun Agbaje, the Managing Director of Guaranty Trust Bank, who is married to Derin (née Olakunrin).

She was bestowed with the national award of the Officer of the Federal Republic [OFR] by the federal government as well as chieftaincy titles from Owo, Ijebu-Ode, Abeokuta and Ijero-Ekiti.