Buhari Mourns Prof. Ajekigbe

Muhammadu Buhari, Nigeria’s president on Tuesday condoled with the Ajekigbe family, the academia, and the medical profession, on the passage of renowned oncologist, Prof. Aderemi Ajekigbe.

Naija News understands that the President’s condolence message was contained in a statement by his Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Mr. Femi Adesina, in Abuja on Tuesday, October 29.

This online news platform understands that the deceased practised for decades at the Lagos University Teaching Hospital, rising to the headship of the Oncology and Radiology Department.

President Buhari noted that, even in retirement, late Ajekigbe “still lent his God-given intellect to research and advocacy of early detection of cancer, so that the scourge can be reduced in the country.”

The President in his statement saluted the commitment to the scholarship of the departed, which saw him first qualifying as an engineer, later as a pharmacist, and eventually as a medical doctor.

He prayed that God would comfort those who mourned the departed cancer specialist, urging that his good works and research findings be documented for the good of humanity.