CAUSE OF DEATH AND BIOGRAPHY: Former LASU Vice Chancellor, Professor Lateef Akanni Hussein, is dead

Information reaching Kossyderrickent has it that Professor Lateef Akanni Hussein is dead.

LASU Facebook page reads: “FORMER LASU VICE CHANCELLOR, PROF. LATEEF AKANNI HUSSEIN, PASSES ON

….VC mourns his demise

“Former Vice Chancellor of Lagos State University, Prof. Lateef Akanni Hussein is dead. Prof. Hussein died after a brief illness in the evening of Sunday, 31st July, 2022 at the age of 75 years. 

“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 accoridng to Islamic rites at Atan Cemetery shortly after a Janazah prayer at LASUTH Central Mosque, Ikeja, Lagos.”