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By Dayo Badmus
The Polytechnic Ibadan has lost a lecturer, Architect Kola Oladunjoye to the cold hands of death on Thursday.
Oladunjoye, the immediate past Head of Department of Architecture in the institution died along with three others whose identities have not been made public in a fatal road accident on Moniya-Iseyin road.
Oladunjoye and the three other occupants of the vehicle driven by the former HOD of IbadanPoly Architecture Department were coming from Saki town before the accident on Odo-Ogun bridge which claimed the lives of all occupants.
The group reportedly travelled to Oke-Ogun polytechnic, Saki for an official assignment.
The other occupants of the vehicle according to reports were officials of the Tertiary Education Trust Fund, TETFUND and another staff of The Polytechnic, Ibadan.
Public Relations Officer of The Polytechnic Ibadan, Alhaji Soladoye Adewole confirmed the death of Mr. Kola Oladunjoye and others to Journalists on Friday.
Soladoye said that the institution’s Rector, Professor Kazeem Adebiyi and the entire staff of the institution mourn the death of one of its best hands.
He said, “We have lost one of our best hands, a very cerebral fellow, who was until his death the Chairman of our due process. He was also the immediate past HOD of Architecture department.
“He was a fellow that relates with everybody and loved by everyone.
“The Rector is so saddened, ditto for other management staff. The entire Polytechnic community, we are in entire deep mourning. We also mourn the others even though, we have not been able to ascertain their identities. It is a sad development, but nobody can query God.”
