Tai Solarin Paid Nzeogwu’s Mum Monthly Allowance And Educated The Officer’s Siblings
Tai Solarin paid Nzeogwu’s mother stipends till he left this world. He also took in Nzeogwu’s brother and sister and trained them for free.
Until his demise, the great Nigerian activist, Tai Solarin, never told anyone that he took care of Major Chukwuma Nzeogwu’s mother, brother and sister.
It was Nzeogwu’s mother, Madam Elizabeth, who made the revelation in an interview on December 27, 2001. That’s seven years after Tai Solarin’s demise.
Madam Elizabeth told Daily Trust that she called Tai her son.
“Oh my son. He was very good to my children. After the wãr, he came and took two of my children, Philomena and Peter, and put them in his school. He trained the two of them. When he was alive, he opened an account for me in Asaba. I was withdrawing money regularly from the account until he dïed.”
Nzeogwu’s sister, Theresa, also confirmed Tai Solarin’s role in their lives saying Peter, who was the last child of the family, was already a Professor at the University of Missouri, United States of America at the time of the interview.
“Tai Solarin was a friend of Chukwuma. They became friends after the 1966 coup. So, after the wãr, he came to Okpanam and took Philomena and Peter and trained them at his school, Mayflower, at Ikenne (Ogun State).
“When Tai Solarin was alive, he used to visit us regularly. He opened a bank account for mama in Asaba. He was paying møney into the account until he dïed.
“He did not believe in God but we have not seen a believer in God that one can compare with him.”/ETHNIC AFRICAN STORIES
