Professor Muritala Salau, a national commissioner with the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), is dead, The Punch reports.
Salau gave up the ghost at the Turkish Hospital, Abuja where he had been admitted for an ailment.
Aged 67, the late Salau died on Saturday, July 25, and had since been buried at the Muslim cemetery, Ibadan in line with Muslim rites.
According to Prof. Lai Olurode, a fellow National Commissioner of INEC, late Salau was an enigma, who touched the lives of several people that he came across.
Olurode said: “I recall the last night I shared with him in Uyo during one of our workshops at INEC. He spoke glowingly. Professor Attahiru Jega had him flown from Uyo to Abuja when he took ill. It is very painful to lose such a nice man.
“During our last night together, he spoke so glowingly on providence. You can see a reflection of his humanity in the turnout of people from INEC, LAUTECH and the Obafemi Awolowo University.”
Late Akinola Salau taking the oath after he was sworn in as a Commissioner on Wednesday, January 7, 2015.
Late Akinola Salau taking the oath of office after he was sworn in as a Commissioner on Wednesday, January 7, 2015.
Remi Omowaiye, an alumnus of LAUTECH, described the late don as a wonderful man, who gave “his all to humanity.”
Omowaiye said: “He was a kind-hearted man, who loved his students and would do anything for them. He was jovial and deeply religious.”
Akinola Salau was sworn in as a commissioner on Wednesday, January 7, 2015.
He served as Vice chancellor of the Ladoke Akintola University of Technology, Ogbomoso and was a professor of physics.
Salau gave up the ghost at the Turkish Hospital, Abuja where he had been admitted for an ailment.
Aged 67, the late Salau died on Saturday, July 25, and had since been buried at the Muslim cemetery, Ibadan in line with Muslim rites.
According to Prof. Lai Olurode, a fellow National Commissioner of INEC, late Salau was an enigma, who touched the lives of several people that he came across.
Olurode said: “I recall the last night I shared with him in Uyo during one of our workshops at INEC. He spoke glowingly. Professor Attahiru Jega had him flown from Uyo to Abuja when he took ill. It is very painful to lose such a nice man.
“During our last night together, he spoke so glowingly on providence. You can see a reflection of his humanity in the turnout of people from INEC, LAUTECH and the Obafemi Awolowo University.”
Late Akinola Salau taking the oath after he was sworn in as a Commissioner on Wednesday, January 7, 2015.
Late Akinola Salau taking the oath of office after he was sworn in as a Commissioner on Wednesday, January 7, 2015.
Remi Omowaiye, an alumnus of LAUTECH, described the late don as a wonderful man, who gave “his all to humanity.”
Omowaiye said: “He was a kind-hearted man, who loved his students and would do anything for them. He was jovial and deeply religious.”
Akinola Salau was sworn in as a commissioner on Wednesday, January 7, 2015.
He served as Vice chancellor of the Ladoke Akintola University of Technology, Ogbomoso and was a professor of physics.
