A renowned Professor of communication, Lai Oso, has been confirmed dead.
Professor Oso, a Nigerian communication scholar and professor at the Faculty of Communication and Media Studies (FCMS), Lagos State University (LASU) reportedly died on Saturday evening in an auto crash in the Ijebu axis along the Ore-Sagamu expressway.
The Dean, Faculty of Communication and Media Studies of the Lagos State University (LASU), Professor Sunday Alawode, confirmed his death in a statement on Sunday according to The Nation.
Alawode said: “It’s a rude shock to all of us even as we commiserate with Mummy Oso, the children and his entire family, the Communication family worldwide, LASU Community and all others.”
Some of his students also confirmed his death in their WhatsApp group.
According to a student who was called from Ijebu Police station last night, the Professor was coming from Delta State University (DELSU) where he was an external examiner at the Department of Mass Communication. The car conveying him had reached Ijebu axis on the expressway before it plunged into a river.
Similarly, the Team Lead of Platforms Africa, Adeola Yusuf, who was a PhD supervisee of Professor Oso, declared a “huge Library of communication has just been set ablaze.”
Yusuf declared Professor Oso as “a good man, a father and lecturer to many communication scholars and journalists across the World. One of the pillars of communication at Moshood Abiola Polytechnic (MAPOLY), and a former Dean of School of Communication, Lagos State University (LASU) who has just three years to his retirement.
“His death is a terrible blow to the communication community. A huge communication library has just been set ablaze.”
