Governing Council confirms death of Vice-Chancellor

The Vice Chancellor of Trinity University, Lagos, Prof. Charles Korede Ayo, is dead.

The Governing Council of the university confirmed the death of the Vice Chancellor on Thursday in a statement.

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In the statement released by its Corporate Affairs Department, the University said Professor Ayo passed on in the early hours of Wednesday during a brief illness.

The Pro-Chancellor of the University, Pastor Samuel Olatunji, while addressing members of Management and staff, commiserated with the family of the late Vice Chancellor and the University community at large.

Olatunji described the development as shocking and unexpected.

He however added that the Almighty God rules over the affairs of men and has the sovereign prerogative over life and death.

He remarked further that death is the way of all flesh and that for believers, “whether we live, we live unto the Lord; and whether we die, we die unto the Lord: whether we live therefore, or die, we are the Lord’s,” quoting Romans 14:8 in the Bible.

He emphasised that the late Vice Chancellor had lived a fulfilled Christian and professional life and had made impact by contributing in no small measure to the success of the University, in so short a time.

Olatunji added: “We are grateful to the Almighty God for a life that was meaningfully well spent in different areas of human endeavour and particularly in the tertiary education sector.

“To the glory of God, Professor Ayo reached the top of his career with soaring records of achievement.

“He laboured and succeeded to get our University on a sound and respectable footing, and impacted so many lives, both within and outside of the University.”

The Pro-Chancellor further implored the family of the late professor and the University community to take courage and solace in the Lord and build on the legacies of the departed scholar.

The Registrar of the University, David O. Oyejide, said the University would deeply miss the Vice Chancellor and prayed that the Lord would keep the family and the University that he left behind.