Prof. Agbebaku, who hailed
form Esan South-West Local Government Area of the state, was said to have died
on Thursday evening at the University of Benin Teaching Hospital.
It was also learnt that she
had been ill for some time.
The immediate past
Vice-Chancellor of the Ambrose Alli University, Ekpoma, in Edo State, Prof.
Cordelia Agbebaku, has passed on at the age of 55.
The incident was said to
have left the university community in a state of shock as the late professor
only ended her tenure in 2016.
The Public Relations Officer
of the university, Edward Aihevba, confirmed the development to our
correspondent on Friday.
“Yes, we heard the news
very late yesterday (Thursday) and it has been confirmed (that) it is true. The
whole thing has left the university in shock and everybody is downcast,” told
our correspondent on the telephone.
He also said that a
delegation, led by the Vice-Chancellor, Prof. Ignatius Animawo, had paid a
visit to the family of the deceased.
“But at the moment, the
Vice-Chancellor and the management team are paying a visit to the family. It is
only after all that that there will be any statement at all,” he added.
Born in 1961, the professor
of Law, had served as an acting vice-chancellor before her substantive
appointment by former Governor Adams Oshiomhole on February 10, 2014.
Before her appointment, she
was the Dean of the Faculty of Law.
The late academic is
survived by her husband, Prof. Philip Agbebaku of the Department of Political
Science in the university and children.
Rest in peace
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