President Muhammadu Buhari has expressed great shock at the death of Professor Femi Odekunle, a member of the Presidential Advisory Committee Against Corruption, PACAC.
Odekunle, Nigeria’s first professor of criminology died of COVID-19 on Tuesday at the aged of 77.
Odekunle also served as political adviser to former Chief of General Staff, Gen. Oladipo Diya, in the Abacha years.
Odekunle died on Tuesday after spending about 12 days at the Gwagwalada isolation centre in the Federal Capital Territory.
President Buhari, in a statement by his SSA Media, Garba Shehu, described Professor Odekunle as a valued friend while describing him as a towering intellectual giant with an impeccable knowledge of his chosen academic field, criminology and in such others as governance and administration.
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His death is very saddening,” said the President.
“His lasting contributions as well as his charisma, wit and sense of humour will be sorely missed by all us, his friends and associates. May the Almighty repose his soul.”
