A former chairman of ASUU, Unilorin Chapter, Prof. Samson Olatunde Oduleye, is dead. He was aged 75.
His death was announced in a statement signed by Poju Akinyanju on behalf of the Socialist Congress of Nigeria, Festus Iyayi Foundation and Unilorin 49+ Foundation.
The statement noted that “Oduleye, an accomplished academic, spent a considerable part of his life and energy in the struggle for the development of the Nigerian University system and the Nigerian nation.”
Oduleye, a political activist of the Left, who died on March 3, 2019, was a member of the famous Unilorin 49, a group of lecturers sacked by the University authorities because of their union activities. Their sack was later upturned by the Supreme Court after a nine-year legal battle.
Born in Zaria, Kaduna State on January 21, 1944; Oduleye spent his childhood days in Katcha, near Bida in Niger State and Jos in Plateau State. He had his education at Baptist Boys High school,…
