Prominent Nigerians including the Head Pastor and Founder of Trinity House Church, Ituah Ighodalo, former PDP governorship candidate in Borno State, Kashim Ibrahim-Imam, and daughter of Nigeria’s late Attorney General and Minister of Justice, Bola Ige, Funso Adegbola, among others, have extoled the virtues of Nigeria’s first Professor of Geography, Akin Mabogunje.
They described late Mabogunje as a rare breed, and congratulated his children including the former acting Vice-Chancellor of the University of Lagos (UNILAG), Akoka, Folasade Ogunsola, on being fathered “by such a great patriot and integrity personified.”
The burial rites for the late scholar who died on 4 August, commenced on Thursday with a night of tributes at the University of Ibadan (UI), Oyo State. Mr Mabogunje had retired from the university in 1981.
The three-day burial activities moved to his countryhome in Ijebu-Ode, Ogun State, on Saturday where dignitaries including President Muhammadu…
