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How LAUTECH Professor Olajire died in mosque
A lecturer at the Ladoke Akintola University of Technology (LAUTECH) Professor Abass Olajire has passed on.
The lecturer slumped during a Jummat service at Ansarudeen Mosque at Oke Ado area of Ogbomoso in Oyo state.
He was confirmed dead at the LAUTECH Teaching Hospital, Ogbomoso.
Olajire who joined LAUTECH in 1990 as an assistant lecturer was an alumnus of Obafemi Awolowo University and University of Ibadan.
Public Relations Officer of the institution, Lekan Fadeyi confirmed the death of the don.
Fadeyi noted that the professor was confirmed dead at LAUTECH Teaching Hospital.
He said, “He slumped at the Ansarul Deen Mosque, Stadium Road and was confirmed dead at the LAUTECH Teaching Hospital”.
Currently ranked 12th in Nigeria and 2848 in the World according to Webometrics, LAUTECH enrolls 30,000 students and employs more than 3,000 workers including contract staff