By The baba Oba of Oniland and Provost, Micheal Otedola College of Primary Education (MOCOPED)Noforija ,Epe , Prof Olurotimi Sikiru Akeusola has died.
A source close to Oloni palace informed our source that the provost died this evening.
Prof. Akeusola is the fourth Provost of Michael Otedola College of Primary Education (established 1994).
An internationally acknowledged linguist, Akeusola was a former Associate Professor of French and Comparative Grammar and the Dean, School of Arts and Social Sciences at the National Open University of Nigeria, Lagos.
Born at Epe, Lagos State, Prof. Akeusola attended the then Lagos State College of Education, (now Adeniran Ogunsanya College of Education) Otto/Ijanikin between 1983 and 1986 and the University of Lagos between 1987 and 1990 for his first degree.
He also obtained both his Masters and doctorate degrees at the same university.
He was the University of Lagos Best scholar of the year 1988/89 session, the Dean Faculty of Arts Award holder for the Best performance in French 1989/90 session, Vice Chancellor’s Award for the Best Performance at the Degree Level 1989/90 session and the Best Masters Graduating Student, M.A. French and Comparative Grammar, University of Lagos in 1995 and as a result of which he was exempted from M.Phil and allowed to proceed directly to Ph.D.
As a Comparative Grammarian of note, he excels in translation, lecturing and linguistic criticism of theories and syntactic structures. These qualities stood him out for an award by the International Biographical Centre Cambridge, IBC, England as one of the World 2000 outstanding scholars of the 21st Century in 2001.
Akeusola has published many text books and articles in Learned Journals, three completed research, seven presented seminar papers and has edited several academic publications/textbooks.
He is a member of over seven professional bodies and has served as councillor member in many institutions.
We commiserate with the good people of Oni and Ijebuland in general on the death of their illustrious son.
May his soul Rest In Peace.
