Deputy Vice Chancellor, His Son And 4 Die In Lagos-Ibadan Accident (Photo)

 

The Deputy Vice-Chancellor-

designate of Fountain University,

Osogbo, Prof. Abdul Hakeem

Mobolaji, his 14 year old son,

Muhammad and four others died in

a car crash along the Lagos Ibadan

expressway on Sunday September

20th.

According to The Nation, the

professor of Econometrics was

traveling with his two sons, the late

Muhammad and Abdul-Hafiz as well

as one of his friend, Mr Abdul-

Rasheed Attah, a lawyer, when a

commercial bus rammed into his SUV

after overtaking another vehicle on

the narrow road.

The road had been partitioned by the

contractor working on it. Professor

Mobolaji and his son died on the

spot.

His friend Attah and the late

Mobolaji’s second son, AbdulHafiz

were injured. Attah immediately

called a relative and gave his phone

to a woman to inform the person of

the accident.

Shortly after, he and Abdul Hafiz

went into a coma. Four people

including the driver of the passenger

bus died in the accident.

Speaking on the sad incident, the

deceased professor’s son, Abdul

Azeez said “Who will take care of us

now that he is late? I was expecting

to link up with him at Fountain

University today (Monday).

I was calling his phone on Sunday

when I didn’t hear from him

whether he has reached Ibadan

where he was expected to pick other

family members but he wasn’t

picking his calls.

I called him severally up to 30 times

but no one was picking the call. I

called the MD of Al Barakah

Microfinance Bank to tell him that I

have been calling my father but he

was not picking his call that he

should help me call him but later he

came back with some people to

announce his death that Allah has

taken him back.

I pray to Almighty Allah to grant the

family the fortitude to bear the loss

because he was the bread winner of

the family and no one else.”.

The late professor and his 14 year

old son were on Monday buried in

Akinyele Local Government Area,

Oyo State.