By Prof. Lateef Akanni Hussein, a former Vice Chancellor of the Lagos State University, is dead.
It was gathered that the Lagos Island-born academic passed away on Sunday evening after a brief illness. He was aged 75.
Hussein, a professor of Physics, served as the 6th Substantive Vice Chancellor of the state-owned institution between 2005 and 2011.
Confirming the development on Monday, the LASU VC, Prof. Ibiyemi Olatunji-Bello, expressed her deep shock at the passing of her former boss, under whose leadership she served as the Deputy Vice Chancellor of the varsity.
Meanwhile, the remains of the deceased will be buried on Monday, at the Abari Cemetery in the Lagos Island East Local Council Development Area of Lagos, in accordance with Islamic rites.
