SAN FRANCISCO, January 03, (THEWILL) –Â Former Vice chancellor, University of Lagos, Professor Oyewusi Ibidapo-Obe is dead. He was aged 71 years.
The Chairman of the Academic Staff Union of Universities, UNILAG branch, Dr Dele Ashiru, who confirmed the report, described the deceased as a quintessential academic that would be “greatly missed in the education sector”.
“Yes, he is dead. We got the sad news this evening. He is a distinguished scholar, a seasoned university administrator whose death remains a very big loss to the Nigerian university system and indeed the Nigerian society”, he said.
Born July 5, 1949, Ibidapo-Obe was married to Olusola and has four children.
