Nigeria’s Communication Guru and a professor of mass communication at the School of Communication, Lagos State University (LASU), Prof Lai Oso, has died in a road accident.
Politics Nigeria learned that the professor died Saturday evening, returning to Lagos from Delta State University (DELSU), Abaraka.
Dean of the faculty of communication at LASU, Sunday Olayinka Alawode, confirmed the professor’s death in a statement on Sunday.
The statement reads in part:
“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.
“It’s a rude shock to all of us even as we commiserate with mummy Oso, the children, 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.”
Oso was the dean of the Faculty of Communication and media studies between 2011 and 2015.
He obtained a bachelor of science in mass communication from the University of Lagos (UNILAG). He got a master’s degree in international relations at the Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife.
Before his death, he was the president of the Association of Communication Scholars & Professionals of Nigeria.
Late Oso has written many publications on communication for universities and polytechnics across Nigeria.
