Dignitaries attended the burial of the vice-chancellor of Kwara State University (KWASU) Prof. Mustapha Akanbi on Monday at his residence in Tanke, Ilorin.
The ‘janazah’ (burial prayer) took place at his father’s residence in GRA and was led by the chief imam of Ilorin Muhammad Soliu.
Among those who witnessed the prayer were Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq, members of the state executive council, Grand Khadi of Ilorin, Justice Abdullatif Kamaldeen, and state APC chairman, Prince Sunday Fagbemi.
Others included the JAMB registrar, Prof. Ishaq Oloyede; registrar of Kwara State High Court of Justice, Ibijoke Olawoyin; members of the academic community; members of the Nigeria Bar Association (NBA), Islamic organisations and Islamic scholars.
Akanbi died on Sunday evening at the age of 51 after a protracted illness.
He was born in 1971 to the family of late Hon. Justice Muhammed Akanbi, and late Munfaatu Akanbi.
He graduated from the Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile Ife, with a Bachelor’s degree in law with second class division in 1993.
Akanbi attended the Nigerian Law School, Victoria Island Lagos, where he also bagged the second class upper division degree. He was called to bar in 1995.
Akanbi bagged a master’s degree in law (LLM) in 1998 from the University of Lagos, Akoka.
