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Former LASU VC, Lateef Hussein, dies at 75

The former Vice-Chancellor of Lagos State University (LASU), Prof. Lateef Akanni Hussein, is dead.

According to a statement on the official Facebook page of LASU in the early hours of Monday, Hussein died after a brief illness on Sunday evening at the age of 75.

Hussein, a Professor of Physics, was the sixth Vice-Chancellor of LASU.

He served between 2005 and 2011.

The statement noted that Hussein will be buried on Monday according to Islamic rites.

The Star

Segun Ojo

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