OAU First-class Student Dies Before Graduation Day

Bibilari Elebuibon practicing as an Ifa priest

The atmoshere at the 42nd convocation of the Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile Ife, Osun State, on Friday was filed with mixed emotions  due to the  death of a first-class graduate, Bibilari Elebuibon.

Elebuibon, who finished as the best in Yoruba Language in the Faculty of Arts, was involved in a road accident  which led to his death in Osogbo, the Osun State capital, in July 2016.

It became a harvest of tears among his colleagues and some others present when his name was called by the dean of his faculty, Prof. Gbemisola Adeoti, for a prize and the school’s Public Relations Officer, Mr. Abiodun Olanrewaju, stepped forward to call for a minute silence in his honour.

Reports said the deceased, who was among the 66 first-class graduates, was a son of a popular Ifa priest in Osogbo, Chief Yemi Elebuibon.