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A former Vice Chancellor of the University of Ilorin, Professor Abdulganiyu Ambali is dead.
The Vice Chancellor of the University, Prof. Wahab Olasupo Egbewole, SAN, confirmed the death of the 9th former VC in a statement by the spokesman of the institution, Kunle Akogun, in Ilorin on Saturday.
Ambali, who headed the University from 2012 to 2017, died early Saturday morning after a brief illness, aged 68.
The death of Prof. Ambali, according to the Vice Chancellor, is a huge loss not only to the University of Ilorin and the Kwara State University, Malete, which he currently serves as Pro-Chancellor but also to the entire nation and humanity.
Egbewole, who has sympathised with the family of the great scholar and the people of the Ilorin Emirate, enjoined sympathisers, particularly members of the UNILORIN community to attend the Janazah for the late ex-Vice Chancellor at his Oloje Housing Estate, Ilorin, by 4.pm.today, Saturday, June 6, 2026.
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