Wednesday suspended indefinitely its National Executive
Council meeting over the sudden death of its former national
President, Prof. Festus Iyayi who died in a fatal auto-crash
along Lokoja – Abuja federal Highway Tuesday.
Prof. Festus Iyayi,66, died after the vehicle he was travelling
in had a head-on collision with a security vehicle attached on
the convoy of Kogi State Governor, Captain Idris Ichala Wada
at a village near Lokoja .
Iyayi was on his way to Kano for the National Executive
Council meeting.
National President, ASUU, Dr. Nasiru Fagge told reporters in
Kano that "we are compelled to postponed this meeting in the
light of the sudden death of one of our strongest pillar who
died yesterday"
Dr. Nasiru Fagge said that "as you can see for yourself, we
are mourning the departure of this great scholar and you
would agree with me that in this circumstance we cannot look
at issues objectively".
Dr. Fagge described his late colleague as a 'strong pillar of
the union', stressing that "this is great loss to the entire
country".
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