Ugbegunland, Edo State,
hometown of former President of
Academic Staff Union of
Universities, ASUU, Professor.
Festus Iyayi, who died in an auto crash, Wednesday on Lokoja-
Abuja road, HRM, Samuel Obade I,
Onojie of Ugbegunland and his
people, are demanding a
compensation of N50 billion to be
paid to the immediate family of the late professor by the Kogi
State governor, Captain Idris
Wada. In a letter dated November 13, the
community wrote to the Executive
Secretary, National Human Rights
Commission, Abuja, on the death
of its son in an automobile
accident with the governor's security details, calling for a
thorough investigation for
Nigerians to know the actual cause
of Iyayi's death. Prof Iyayi was on his way to Kano,
in the company of other members
of ASUU, for the union's National
Executive Council(NEC) meeting,
where members were expected to
discuss the recent offer by President Jonathan in a bid to call
off the four-month old strike, but
a car in the convoy of Kogi State
governor Idris Wada ran into their
vehicle. Iyayi lost his life in the
accident, while two other members of ASUU, the National Welfare
Officer, Dr Ngozi Ilo and Dr
Anthoni Emina were injured.
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