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 passenger
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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