A lecturer at Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile Ife, Osun State, Dr. Victoria Adeniyi, has died.
The death was the third in the university within nine days.
The late Dr. Adeniyi, until her death, was the Acting Head, Department of Dramatic Arts at the university.
Besides Dr. Nicholas Igbokwe, who was found dead in the early hours of Saturday, December 7, the university had also lost Prof. Jerome Elusiyan on Friday, December 13.
A statement by OAU public relations officer, Mr. Abiodun Olanrewaju, announcing the passage of the late Adeniyi on Sunday and obtained by our Correspondent reads, “Less than forty eight hours after we lost a Professor of Paediatrics, Professor Jerome Elusiyan, to the cold hands of death through the instrumentality of unknown gunmen, it is too painful for us as a university to tearfully break the unpalatable news of the demise of another promising academic and a prominent member of OAU community, Dr. Victoria Oluwaremilekun Adeniyi, who, until her death early this morning (Sunday) was the Acting Head, Department of Dramatic Arts of Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife.
“The deceased lecturer, who directed this year’s convocation play, which was staged four days ago, was also, yesterday, a part of the academic procession of the grand finale of the university’s 44th convocation..
“The Vice Chancellor, Professor Eyitope Ogunbodede, who was visibly unhappy, had visited the university’s Teaching Hospital and directed that necessary papers be filed for the conduct of a postmortem.”
The Chairman, Academic Staff Union of Universities, OAU chapter, Dr. Adeola Egbedokun, in a conversation, described the death of the lecturer as a “sad development.”
He said, “It is a sad news to us. The community is in grief. It is a grievous situation. I am short of words.”
