Thursday, March 6, 2025 - The Obafemi Awolowo University, OAU, Ile-Ife has been thrown into mourning following the sudden death of a senior professor, Jimoh Olanipekun, who fell ill during a departmental meeting on Wednesday.
A statement issued by the university’s Public Relations Officer, Abiodun
Olarewaju, said Olanipekun began breathing abnormally during the meeting and
was rushed to the University Health and Medical Centre.
“After an initial examination, he was referred to the Obafemi Awolowo
University Teaching Hospital Complex (OAUTHC), where he was pronounced dead,”
he said.
OAU’s Vice-Chancellor, Professor Adebayo Bamire, led a condolence visit
to the professor’s family, expressing shock and describing him as a brilliant
scholar.
He urged the family to take solace in his impactful life and prayed for
strength to bear the loss.
The late professor was a respected academic in the Department of
Philosophy, Faculty of Arts, leaving behind a legacy of excellence in
scholarship.
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