The entire academic community of Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile Ife, has been thrown into mourning following the sudden death of a Professor in the Department of Philosophy.
A release by the Public Relations Officer of the University, Abiodun Olarewaju, on Thursday, stated that Professor Jimoh Olanipekun Famakinwa died while attending a departmental meeting within the campus.
Famakinwa, according to the statement, during a departmental meeting held in the morning of Wednesday, March 5, 2025, was noticed breathing “abnormally” by his colleagues who immediately rushed him to the University Health and Medical Centre.
“Upon prompt medical examination by the team of Doctors on duty, he was referred to the Obafemi Awolowo University Teaching Hospital Complex OAUTHC, also in Ile Ife, where he was pronounced B.I.D,” Olarewaju said.
