Governor Ahmed Usman Ododo of Kogi State has expressed shock and sadness over the death of Professor Nuhu Omeiza Yaqub, a former Vice Chancellor of the University of Abuja.
Governor Ododo in a statement on Sunday described Professor Yaqub’s death as a “sad loss of one of the influential voices of the people of Kogi State and Nigeria who spoke truth to power and against oppressive tendencies in and out of public office.”
In the statement signed by Ismaila Isah, his Special Adviser on media, Governor Ododo sympathized with the Ohinoyi of Ebiraland, His Alhaji Ahmed Tijani Muhammed Anaje, the people of Kogi State and the immediate family of the late Professor Yaqub.
Governor Ododo prayed for the peaceful repose of the soul of the late Professor Yaqub and for Allah to grant the family the fortitude to bear the loss.
Professor Nuhu O. Yaqub, OFR , passed away Saturday morning in Abuja, after a brief illness.
He was 73 years.
Born on the 3rd of March, 1951, in Okene, Kogi State, the late Professor Nuhu Yaqub served as the Vice-Chancellor of the University of Abuja from June 2004 to May 2009 and went on to serve as the pioneer Vice-Chancellor of Sokoto State University from 2012 to 2017, and as the Dean of the School of Postgraduate Studies at Nile University of Nigeria, Abuja, from 2017 to 2019, among other academic leadership positions.
His remains were buried according to Islamic rites at Gudu cemetery, Abuja on Saturday.
(vitalnewsngr.com)
