The Obafemi Awolowo University (OAU), Ile-Ife, Osun State, has announced the passaging of its former Vice-Chancellor, Professor Wale Omole.
The university said Omole died in the early hours of Wednesday, describing his death as a painful loss to the Great Ife community, the Nigerian university system and the academic community at large.
In a statement by its Public Relations Officer, Abiodun Olarewaju, the university said Omole was an accomplished scholar and distinguished administrator whose association with OAU occupies a significant place in its history.
Omole served as Vice-Chancellor from 1991 to 1999, a tenure the university described as a major chapter in its drive for academic excellence, institutional development and sustenance of its reputation as one of Nigeria’s foremost citadels of learning.
The Vice-Chancellor, Professor Adebayo Simeon Bamire, on behalf of the Governing Council, Management, Senate, staff, students, alumni and the entire university community, condoled with the family, friends and associates of the late academic.
Bamire noted that although Omole’s earthly journey has ended, his contributions to OAU and higher education in Nigeria will remain indelible.
He prayed God to grant the family the fortitude to bear the irreparable loss and grant the departed eternal rest.