Prof Ibidapo-Obe, Former UNILAG VC, Dies Of COVID-19 |The Source

By Adesina Soyooye

An academic of great repute, and a former Vice Chancellor of the University of Lagos, Professor Oyewusi Ibidapo-Obe, is dead.

The Professor of Systems Engineering, and an accomplished University Administrator died Sunday, January 3, 2021, allegedly, of complications from COVID-19 at a private hospital in Lagos.

Born on July 5, 1949, the late Professor was, also, a former President of the Nigeria Academy of Science.

An old boy of Igbobi Grammer School, and Igbobi College, Professor Ibidapo-Obe was the Vice Chancellor of the University of Lagos from 2000-2007. He died aged 71 years.