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The Federal University of Technology Akure (FUTA) has  mourned the sudden demise of one of its  students , Ayomide Akeredolu, who died on Thursday in the course of a sudden bout of illness.

But almost immediately, I remembered Ile-Ife. I remembered the ancient community in relation to a similar announcement for the great citadel of learning, OAU Ife, beclouded by strange decibels of confusion. Some folks who claimed to be Ife people wanted an indigene, by all means, to be VC. It didn’t matter to them if their preferred candidate who did not make it this time could emerge next time around. They staged marches in their community going as far as the university campus to flaunt their fetish fangs, but the deed had been done and could not be undone. The university council’s decision was final!

A statement issued on Monday in Akure by Adebanjo Adegbenro, the university’s Deputy Director, Corporate Communications and Protocol, described Arijesuyo’s death as a big loss to the institution and the academia.