Vice Chancellor of Kwara State University (KWASU), Prof. Mustapha Akanbi is dead.
Gatekeepers News reports that KWASU Registrar, Kikelomo Salle, disclosed this in a statement.
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.
Also, Kwara State Governor, North Central Nigeria, AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq in a statement by his Chief Press Secretary, Rafiu Ajakaye described as painful and shocking the death of the Vice Chancellor of Kwara State University (KWASU) Prof. Muhammed Mustapha Akanbi, SAN.
AbdulRazaq said, “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 State and across the country.”