By Olasunkanmi Akoni

The former Vice Chancellor of Lagos State University, Ojo, Professor Lateef Akanni Hussein is dead. 

He was aged 75

According to a statement posted on its official LASU Facebook page on Monday, Hussein died after a brief illness in the evening of Sunday, July,31, 2022.

Hussein,  a professor of Physics was the sixth Vice Chancellor of Lagos State University; he served between 2005 and 2011. 

The deceased is expected to be buried today,  Monday, August 1,2022, according to Islamic rites.