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 pa$$enger 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.
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