A senior lecturer, Dr. Gilbert Ibitola, at the Olusegun Agagu University of Science and Technology, Okitipupa, Ondo State, is dead.
Ibitola was said to have slumped in his apartment and confirmed dead at his arrival to the hospital. The reason for his death remained unknown.
Chairman, Academic Staff Union of Universities, in the school, Mr Dipo Akomolafe confirmed the death of Ibitola on Sunday.
Akomolafe said the death remained a shock to him and the entire university community.
He said, “He (Ibitola) has several publications in renowned academic journals to his credit and had not been known to compromise academic standard in his research pursuit in any way or form.
“The union will greatly miss his comradeship, his department will miss his academic contributions.”
