The management of Obafemi Awolowo University (OAU), Ile-Ife, has promised to immortalise Mr Olabode Olawuyi, a veterinary technologist who was killed by a lion in the university zoo.
The Registrar of the University, Mr Adetunji Bakare, stated this on Wednesday at a one-day workshop to mark the first anniversary of Olawuyi’s death, held at Pit Theatre, Department of Dramatic Arts, OAU.
The workshop, organised by the National Association of Academic Technologists(NAAT) was titled “Workplace Safety Awareness”.
The News Agency of Nigeria(NAN) reports that Olawuyi died on Feb. 19, 2024, while attempting to rescue a junior colleague who was attacked by the lion during feeding.
The registrar stated that people were not gathering to celebrates Olawuyi’s death, “but his heroism.”
Bakare assured that the university authorities would immortalise the memory of late Olawuyi.
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