The Vice Chancellor of Kwara State University (KWASU), Prof. Mustapha Akanbi (SAN), is dead.
KWASU Registrar, Mrs Kikelomo Salle, confirmed this in a statement in Ilorin on Sunday.
She said Akanbi died on Sunday after a protracted illness.
”We urge everyone to remember his immediate and extended family, and the University in prayers in this very trying time.
”Burial arrangement will be announced soon,” Salle said.
Meanwhile, Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq of Kwara State has described as painful and shocking the death of the Vice Chancellor of Kwara State University (KWASU), Prof. Muhammed Mustapha Akanbi.
This is contained in statement issued by the Chief Press Secretary to the governor, Mr Rafiu Ajakaye, on Sunday in Ilorin.
“We submit to the decree of Allah who gives and takes.
“It is against that backdrop that we mourn the Vice Chancellor who answered Allah’s call tonight.
“He was a true and humble servant of Allah and we beseech our God, the Oft-Forgiving and Merciful, to grant him Al-jannah Firdaus.
“The professor of law was a colossus who played the leading role to open a new chapter of academic excellence and greatness for KWASU.
“Our condolences go to his family, immediate and extended, to KWASU and the rest of the academic community, and to members of the bar and the bench in Kwara and across the country,” the statement read in part.
