KWASU VC, Prof Akanbi, is dead

KWASU VC, Prof Akanbi, is dead

The Vice-Chancellor of Kwara State University, Malete, Professor Muhammed Akanbi (SAN), is reportedly dead.

He was reported dead on Sunday night after a brief illness.

Details of what led to his death were still sketchy as of the time of filing this report.

The late Vice Chancellor will be buried in Ilorin on Monday, November 21, 2022 in his country home according to Islamic rites, it was gathered.

Akanbi until his death was a celebrated academic, law teacher and legal icon that has achieved so many feats at his young age, and was very passionate about academic excellence and community development.

Akanbi joined the services of the University of Ilorin in 1998 as Lecturer II and was appointed Professor of Law in the Department of Business Law in 2012.

An alumnus of the prestigious Kings College, University of London, United Kingdom, Akanbi served as legal assistant in the legal unit of the Central Bank of Nigeria, Lagos State, during his national service year.