By DAYO ADESULU
The University of Lagos, UNILAG community
has mourned the death of its 8th Vice-Chancellor, Distinquished Professor Oyewusi Ibidapo-Obe.
Announcing his passage in a release, UNILAG’s Vice-chancellor, Professor Oluwatoyin Ogundipe said: ”The news of his death came to the University Community as a rude shock.”
He lamented his death because of the great service and dedication he has put into developing the institution since he joined as a student in 1968, later as a staff and eventually as the 8th Vice-Chancellor (2000 – 2007).
He said: ”Ibidapo-Obe’s ommitment, vision, resilience and tenacious nature helped to shape the University in many ways.
”It is painful that Professor Ibidapo-Obe is exiting the world at a time that his
experience is in dire need for nation building.
” For us at the University of Lagos,
we take solace in his many enduring legacies and footprints which will remain
with us for many years to come.
The University has indeed lost an erudite scholar.
“May his gentle soul rest in perfect peace and the good Lord gives his family
and the University community the fortitude to bear the loss.”