Eko Hot Blog reports that Professor Muraino Olayiwola Oso (popularly known as Lai Owo) of the Mass Communication Department at the School of Communication, Lagos State University, has died.
The 67-year-old varsity don reportedly died in a fatal auto crash on Saturday evening.
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He was said to be returning from a conference in Abraka, Delta State, when he was involved in the deadly accident.
The Dean, Faculty of Communication and Media Studies, LASU, Professor Sunday Olayinka Alawode, confirmed Oso’s demise in a broadcast message to staff on Sunday morning.
The dean described the deceased’s death as a rude shock to the LASU community.
“Good morning family. I am constrained to inform us of the involvement of Professor Muraino Olayiwola Oso, (we all fondly called Baba Lai Oso) in a ghastly auto accident which claimed his life yesterday 24th June 2023,” Alawode wrote.
“It’s a rude shock to all of us even as we commiserate with Mummy Oso, the children and his entire family, the Communication family worldwide, LASU Community and all others.
“Baba, your sudden exit is painful, but we rest in the comfort that you have gone to be with the Lord. Rest in Peace. Adieu Baba of the Communication family.”
Besides being a Professor at LASU’s School of Communication, he was the Dean of the school between 2011 and 2015. He was also President, Association of Communication Scholars & Professionals of Nigeria.
He was educated at the University of Lagos (B.Sc. Mass Communication), Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife (M.Sc. International Relations) and obtained a Ph.D. degree in Mass Communication as a Federal Government scholar at the University of Leicester, England in 1977.
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The LASU don worked as a Reporter in Radio and the News Agency of Nigeria and also taught courses in Journalism, Media and Governance, Political Communication, Development Communication and Theory.
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