Ph.D graduand dies on graduation day in Ilorin.

– AbdulHafeez Adedimeji, a doctoral degree graduand died on Satutday, October 22, died the same day he was to receive his doctorate at the University of Ilorin – He died in the early hours of Saturday, before the commencement of the convocation ceremony  – The deceased was a lecturer and the Chief Imam of Fountain University, Osogbo, Osun state Share on Facebook Share on Twitter AbdulHafeez Adedimeji a postgraduate student died on the day he was to receive his doctorate degree AbdulHafeez Adedimeji, a postgraduate student of Arabic at the University of Ilorin, on Saturday, October 22, died the same day he was to receive his doctorate at a convocation. He died in the early hours of Saturday, before the commencement of the convocation ceremony of the institution. Before his death, the deceased was a lecturer and the Chief Imam of Fountain University, Osogbo, Osun state. Badmas Yussuf, the Dean of the university’s Post Graduate School,  announced the demise of the graduand while inviting the 166 graduands receiving doctoral degrees of the institution to come forward for the Vice-Chancellor’s handshake. READ ALSO: Yusuf Ololade Faidat awarded 19 prizes in UNILORIN He was said to have arrived in Ilorin for the convocation not long before his death. The Vice Chancellor of Unilorin, Prof. Abdulganiyu Ambali, said 67 of the 6,069 graduands for first degrees were first class, adding that it was an improvement on last year’s 41 first-class graduands