Former University of Lagos vice-chancellor, Professor Oyewusi Ibidapo Obe is dead.
The cause of his death is yet to be ascertained but the professor of systems engineering was reported to have died in an undisclosed hospital on Sunday.
In a statement, Olayinka Balogun, registrar and secretary to council of the university, confirmed that Ibidapo-Obe died on Sunday.
“With heavy heart, and submission to the will of God I write to inform Council members of the transition to glory of Professor Oye Ibidapo-Obe, the Pro-Chancellor and Chairman of Council, First Technical University, Ibadan which occurred today 03/01/2021, the statement read.
“I pray for the repose of the soul of the departed.”
He was aged 71