Chief Mrs Leila Euphemia Apinke Fowler, the distinguished Yeye Mofin of Lagos and founder of the acclaimed Vivian Fowler Memorial College for Girls, is dead.
TheNewsGuru.com(TNG) reports that Bashorun J.K. Randle, confirmed her death to journalists, where he disclosed that the Nigerian education icon died on Saturday morning at age 91.
Born on March 23, 1933, in Lagos, Chief Fowler (née Moore) received her early education at CMS Girls’ School, Lagos, before proceeding to Queen of the Rosary College, Onitsha, where she obtained her Senior Cambridge Certificate in 1951.
Her career began in teaching, but she later moved to London, where she trained as a nurse at the prestigious St Thomas’ Hospital.
Not content with that alone, she went on to study law at Middle Temple and was called to the English Bar in 1962. On her return to Nigeria the following year, she was called to the Nigerian Bar in 1963.
Fowler built a thriving career in law, practising in established chambers before founding her own firm, where she specialised in insurance law and consultancy.
Her commitment to service extended beyond the courtroom. She served as a councillor in the Lagos City Council between 1978 and 1980 and played active roles in organisations such as the Nigerian Bar Association, the Nigerian Red Cross, and the Corona Schools Trust Council.