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Iyayi’s death is shocking – Lecturers

  • Writer: Admin
    Admin
  • Nov 13, 2013
  • 1 min read

Prof. Ahunna Okerengwo, the Chairman, University of Port-Harcourt chapter of Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), says the death of Prof. Festus Iyayi on Tuesday was shocking.

Iyayi, a former ASUU president and renowned writer, died in an auto crash on Lokoja-Abuja highway.

When contacted on phone, Okerengwo said that she was on her way to Kano for a meeting concerning the ASUU strike and was still shocked by the news.

She said that she would have a better appraisal of the situation when she got to the meeting.

Toni Kan, a journalist and author of “Nights of a Creaking Bed” told NAN that Iyayi’s death was a sacrifice.

He said it was another sad loss of one of the nation’s best.

Prof. Damian Opata, the Head, Department of English, University of Nigeria, Nsukka, also told NAN it was unfortunate.

“It is very sad coming at this time,” he said.

Born in 1947, Iyayi, who was the ASUU president in 1986, was also an author with four books to his credit.

The late unionist won the Commonwealth Prize for Literature for one of his books ‘Heroes’ in 1988

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