Former Vice Chancellor of Lagos State University (LASU), Prof. Lateef Akanni Hussein, is dead.
This was announced on the official social media handles of the university on Monday.
Hussein is said to have died after a brief illness on the evening of Sunday, July 31, 2022 at the age of 75years.
Prof. Hussein, a Professor of Physics from University of Ibadan (UI), was the 6th Substantive VC of LASU.
He succeeded Prof. Abisogun Leigh whose term of office expired on October 1, 2005 and he resigned in June 2011.
In a statement on Monday titled, ‘Former LASU Vice Chancellor, Prof. Lateef Akanni Hussein, passes on’, LASU confirmed the development .
The statement read, “Prof. Hussein a professor of Physics was the 6th Substantive Vice Chancellor of Lagos State University; he served between 2005 and 2011.
“The Vice Chancellor, Prof. Ibiyemi Olatunji-Bello, mni, while confirming the news on Monday, expressed her deep shock at the passing away of her former boss, under whose leadership she served as the Deputy Vice Chancellor of the University.
“The respected scholar will be buried today, Monday, 1st August, 2022 according to Islamic rites at Atan Cemetery shortly after a Janazah prayer at LASUTH Central Mosque, Ikeja, Lagos.”
