UI mourns death of PhD student lost in ill-fated plane crash UI mourns death of PhD student lost in ill-fated plane crash
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The Acting Vice-Chancellor, University of Ibadan(UI), Prof. Adebola Ekanola, expressed sadness and shock over the death of Provost Marshall of the Nigerian Army, Brig. General Olatunji Olayinka, who died alongside with the Chief of Army Staff (COAS), Lt. General Ibrahim Attahiru, and other nine officers in the ill-fated military plane crash in Kaduna, last Friday.
He said the late 51-year-old Olayinka from Ikorodu, Lagos State, was until the unfortunate incident a MPhil/PhD student in the Department of Peace, Security and Humanitarian Studies of the Faculty of Multidisciplinary Studies of the university.
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The Acting Vice-Chancellor of the University of Ibadan, Prof. Adebola Ekanola, has commiserated with the family of Brig.- Gen. Olatunji Luqman Olayinka, who died along with others during last Friday’s military plane crash in Kaduna.
Ekanola also commiserated with the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), and Nigerians on the death of the Chief of Army Staff, Late Lt. General Ibrahim Attahiru, and other gallant officers in the ill-fated military plane crash.
A statement by UI Spokesman, Olatunji Oladejo, said the Late Brig.-Gen. Olayinka, 51, was an MPhil/PhD student in the Department of Peace, Security and Humanitarian Studies, Faculty of Multidisciplinary Studies, University of Ibadan.
Olatunji Oladejo, said the Late Brig.-Gen.
Olayinka, 51, was a MPhil/PhD student in the Department of Peace, Security and Humanitarian Studies, Faculty of Multidisciplinary Studies, University of Ibadan. Oladejo quoted the Acting VC as describing the late Brig.-Gen. Olayinka, as a highly cerebral, diligent, disciplined and focused officer, who was interested in using strategic studies to address security challenges in Nigeria.
Ekanola, who offered prayers and sympathies to the families of the bereaved, said that the death of the fallen gallant officers was a huge loss to Nigeria.
“Brig.-Gen. Olayinka and others laid their lives for peace, security and unity of Nigeria.
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