OAU's Professor of Medicine Dies in Office

Prof Ogunniyi who is a professor of medicine was said to have passed out in his office and no one noticed for a long time

It was when people observed he’d been in his office for a while without exiting that they went in to check on him and found his lifeless body slumped in his chair.

However the cause of death is not yet known but no foul play is suspected.

Professor Solomon Olugbemi Ogunniyi was born in 1955 at Egbe, Kogi State, Nigeria. He attended Titcombe College, Egbe, Kogi State, Nigeria between 1969 and 1973. He proceeded to the University of Ife (now Obafemi Awolowo University) in 1973 where he had B.sc (Hons) degree in 1977 and MBChB in 1980.

He joined the services of Obafemi Awolowo University in 1988 as lecturer I/Consultant and he rose through the ranks to because a professor of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Perinatology in 1997.

Professor Ogunniyi had functioned in various capacities as Head, Department of Obstetrics, Gynaecology and Perinatology, 2000-2006, Chairman, Postgraduate Medical Training Committee of OAUTHC, 2001-2005 and Chairman, MDCAN (OAUTHC), 2001 -2006.

Till his death Professor Ogunniyi was the Provost, College of Health Sciences, Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife.