The Dean, Faculty of Communication and Media Studies, LASU, Professor Sunday Olayinka Alawode has expressed shock over the death of Professor Lai Oso.
Alawode , who spoke on Sunday while reacting to the death of Professor Oso described his death as painful and sad.
“It’s a rude shock to all of us even as we commiserate with Mummy Oso, the children and his entire family, the Communication family worldwide, LASU Community and all others.
“Baba, your sudden exit is painful, but we rest in the comfort that you have gone to be with the Lord.
“Rest in Peace. Adieu Baba of the Communication family,” Alawode wrote.
Professor Muraino Olayiwola OSO, (fondly called Baba Lai Oso) died in a ghastly auto accident which claimed his life yesterday, June 24, 2023.
The late Oso was a Professor at the Mass Communication, School of Communication, Lagos State University.
He was the Dean of the school between 2011 and 2015.
He was President, Association of Communication Scholars & Professionals of Nigeria.
Oso, aged 67, died in a ghastly accident that happened on Saturday evening while returning from a conference in Abraka, Delta State.
He was educated at the University of Lagos (B.Sc. Mass Communication), Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife (M.Sc. International Relations) and obtained a Ph.D. degree in Mass Communication as a Federal Government scholar at the University of Leicester, England
The LASU don worked as a Reporter in Radio and the News Agency of Nigeria and also taught courses in Journalism, Media and Governance, Political Communication, Development Communication and Theory.(vitalnewsngr.com)
