The anniversary activities which began on January 16 with Jumat and church services at Ikenne will last till January 23, 2026.

Speaking at a briefing on Monday, the national president of Mayflower Old Students Association, MOSA,  organisers of the anniversary, Mr Wale Abdul, said the school founded in May 1956 by late Solarin and his wife, was established out of the desire of the couple to pursue their dream of creating a liberal educational system and building a school that will be distinct from other schools and be able to do things differently.

Abdul said while late Tai Solarin and Sheila would be awarded Posthumous Special Recognition and conferment of MOSA highest award, Grand Commander of the Order of MOSA, GCOM, other past five MOSA presidents, former students and friends of the association would be awarded with MOSA Merit Award, MMA, and Special Recognition award.

“When Tai Solarin in 1955 sat down and drafted the letter to the Ministry of Education, asking for permission to open a new school at Ikenne, little did he and Sheila know that the school would one day be one of the best school in the country, a school that would produce engineers, doctors, accountants, bankers and respected people in the society,” Abdul said.

He extolled the virtues of the founders and praised them for making the school the envy of other schools, adding that celebrating the 70th anniversary of the school is a way of honouring its founders.

The national president mentioned other activities lined up to include the sounding of the 70th anniversary bell which was sounded 70 times immediately after the briefing to signify the years being celebrated.

Also, 70th anniversary branded notebooks were distributed to all the students in the school numbering 2,700, while 1500 students in senior classes will be given three pieces of 60 leaves notebook and the junior students will receive three pieces of 40 leaves notebooks.

According to him, other activities include sporting events, presentation of prizes to students that excel in their academics’ pursuit and exhibited high moral standards, commissioning of the main school entrance ‘school emblem’ and the activities will wrap up with the 43rd Annual General Meeting, AGM.

One of the children of late Tai Solarin, Corin Solarin, while speaking on behalf of the Solarin family described the school as unique with its tradition.

She praised her father for establishing the school and inculcating discipline, especially the introduction of skills learning for students in the school before they finished school.

“Every school has its own traditions. We are a very unique school. During Tai Solarin’s time, before students left the school, they already learned a trade like wiring, plumbing, and how to run a poultry farm among others. Tai Solarin was ahead of other schools. An education that is just a paper without something practical to back up is useless. Mayflower has survived 70 years producing top professionals,” she said.

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Justice Rahman Oshodi also convicted Olanrewaju for sexually assaulting the girl by caressing her buttocks with his hands.

The convict had pleaded guilty to the amended two-count charge of indecent treatment of a child and sexual assault.

He said: “I have found you guilty of indecent act and sexual assault contrary to section 134 and 263 of the Criminal Laws of Lagos State, 2015.

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“You are hereby sentenced to two years on count one and three years imprisonment on count two.

“The sentences shall run consecutively.

“The convict must undergo counseling through the Lagos state Domestic and Violence Agency (DSVA) in line with his plea bargain agreement.”

The judge added that the convict’s name be registered in the sexual offences register of the state.

Earlier, the State Counsel, Ms Inumidun Solarin, had informed the court that the attorney-general had approved five years sentence for the convict.

Solarin submitted that the convict assaulted the girl in public, fondled her breast and sexual assaulted her by caressing her buttocks with his hands.

The prosecutor told the court that the convict committed the offence on  December 22, 2022 on Abutu Street, Elijah Bus Stop, Badagry Expressway, Lagos.

Source: NAN

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