By OLASUNKANMI AKONI
LAGOS — Governor Babatunde Fashola of Lagos State has described the late Vice-Chancellor of  University of Lagos, Professor Adetokunbo Sofoluwe, as a great man of the people, adding that his death was a huge loss to the academic community.

Fashola spoke when he paid a condolence visit to the family of the late vice- chancellor at their residence.

Prof. Sofoluwe, who was appointed UNILAG vice- chancellor, on January 30, 2010, was said to have slumped at a meeting on the campus last Friday and was first rushed to the institution’s medical centre and later to Lagos University Teaching Hospital, LUTH, where he died on Saturday.

Fashola, who conveyed the condolences of his family and Lagosians  to the widow, Mrs. Funmi Sofoluwe, family members and senior university staff, said he was shocked at the news of the sudden demise of Sofoluwe, whom he described as a very dear friend.

According to Fashola, although he had not known the professor for long, their friendship picked up the first time they met, adding that he was a man who generated as much laughter as he could take.