Shock! Unilorin Graduand Dies On Convocation Day

AbdulHafeez Adedimeji, a postgraduate student of Arabic at the University of Ilorin, died yesterday morning, the day he was to recei...

AbdulHafeez Adedimeji, a postgraduate
student of Arabic at the University of Ilorin,
died yesterday morning, the day he was to
receive his doctorate at a convocation.
According to inside sources, another doctoral
graduand died shortly before the ceremony.
The Dean, Faculty of Post Graduate Studies,
Prof. Badmas Yusuf, informed attendants of
the graduands’ demise, a gloomy atmosphere
enveloped the lively UNILORIN auditorium
where the 32nd graduation activities were
being held.
Adedimeji, who until his death was a lecturer
at the Fountain University, Osogbo, Osun
State, was among 166 receiving doctoral
degrees at the convocation.
He was said to have arrived in Ilorin for the
convocation not long before his death.