How Prof Olu-Owolabi UI Dean of Arts died – Eyewitnesses

DETAILS of how the late Dean of Faculty of Arts, University of Ibadan (UI), Professor Kola Olu-Owolabi, died was made known on Monday night, as Naijahottestgist gathered that he slumped and died in front of a store where he had gone to buy goods at Mokola area of Ibadan, Oyo State.

According to information offered by some eyewitnesses, the late professor, who drove his green Honda Accord car to the market, was helped by some sym-pathisers to Adeoyo Hospital, Yemetu, but he died before he got to the hospital.

The 51-year-old don, who became the dean of the faculty in August 1, 2011 and head, Department of Philosophy between 2002 and 2004, was said to be a sickle cell anaemia patient.

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