A professor at Ladoke Akintola University of Technology, Ogbomoso, Abass Olajire, has passed away at 59 on Friday after slumping.
According to ThePunch, sources at the university confirmed that the Professor of Industrial/Environmental Chemistry died while observing Juma’at prayer at a mosque in Ogbomoso on Friday.
It was gathered that the don slumped at Ansarudeen Mosque at Oke Ado area of Ogbomoso during Jummah prayer and was confirmed dead at LAUTECH Teaching Hospital.
Olajire who joined Ladoke Akintola University of Technology in 1990 as an assistant lecturer is an alumnus of Obafemi Awolowo University and University of Ibadan.
He was recently listed among the top scholars in the world, according to a ranking released by Elsevier B. V (Netherlands) and a team of researchers led by Prof. John P.A. loannidis from Stanford University, United States.
Olajire was ranked 128th of 66,925 of the top world scientists in the world in March 2021.
LAUTECH’s Public Relations Officer, Lekan Fadeyi, also confirmed the professor’s death, saying;
The University Management is devastated at the sudden death of
Abass Abiola Olajire, a renowned researcher and erudite Professor of Industrial/Environmental Chemistry, whose research interest was in Petroleum Chemistry and Green synthesis of Nanoparticles/Application.Acting Vice-Chancellor, LAUTECH, Professor Mojeed Olaide Liasu, who became perplexed at the receipt of the sad news, said Professor Abass was a shining star in the institution and described his passage as a big blow.
He prayed Almighty Allah to overlook his transgressions and forgive his sins, preparatory to granting him a space in Aljanah Firdaous.
Olajire was a recipient of the Best Lecturer award by LAUTECH branch of National Association Mathematics Students, 1994.
He was a member of Nigerian Association Petroleum Explorationists, Chemical Society Nigeria, Oluyole Club, New York Academy of Sciences, and Chemical Society Nigeria.
May his soul Rest In Peace.
