Former Head of State, General Yakubu Gowon, is very much alive, hale and hearty.
This is contrary to a report that went viral some hours ago that General Gowo is dead.
The Eagle Online findings revealed that the man who bore the name Gowon, Professor Samuel Gowon Edoumiekumo, the immediate past Vice Chancellor of the Niger Delta University in Bayelsa State, died on Saturday.
He was the Chairman of the Committee of Vice-Chancellors of Nigerian Universities.
A source close to the family of the deceased said Edoumiekumo, who served as the VC of the Niger Delta University, Bayelsa State, died on Friday night following a brief illness.
Edoumiekumo obtained his First School Leaving Certificate from Akeindenowei Primary School, Toru Angiama, in 1982 and his West Africa School Certificate from Ajeromi Ifelodun High School, Lagos, in 1988.
He had a Bachelor of Science degree, a Master of Science Degree, and two Doctor of Philosophy degrees, which he obtained from the University of Port Harcourt and the University of Nigeria Nsukka in the field of Economics.
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On May 17, 2017, the then-governor of Bayelsa State, Seriake Dickson, approved the appointment of Edoumiekumo as acting Vice-Chancellor of NDU, following the expiration of the tenure of the former VC, Prof. Humprey Ogoni.
On May 2, 2018, he was appointed the fourth substantive VC of the school.
Meanwhile, the Niger Delta University, Bayelsa, has mourned the death of its immediate past Vice-Chancellor and Chairman, Committee of Vice-Chancellors of Nigerian Universities.
This was contained in a statement signed by its Registrar, Benjamin Joffa, on Sunday.
The NDU in the statement described the late Edoumiekumo as an “astute administrator.”
“It’s with heavy hearts that the Management of the Niger Delta University wishes to inform the University Community and general public of the sad passing of our immediate past Vice Chancellor, Prof. Samuel Gowon Edoumiekumo which happened on Saturday, October 7, 2023, at the age of 53 years.
“The University also condoles with the family and relatives of the deceased on the sudden passing of an exemplary husband, father, and brother. Late Prof. S. G. Edoumiekumo was an astute academic and university administrator whose experience and dynamism will be greatly missed.
“Details of the funeral arrangements will be announced in due course.”