Emeritus Professor Oladipo Akinkugbe has passed on at age 87 after a brief illness.
Professor Akinkugbe, who was the foremost Nigerian Professor of Medicine at the University College Hospital (UCH) Ibadan, died in Oyo state on Monday.
He studied and taught at some of the world’s most prestigious universities, including the University of London, Balliol College, University of Oxford England and Harvard Medical School Boston, USA.
Professor Akinkugbe served as Pro-Chancellor, University of Port Harcourt; was a former Vice-Chancellor, Ahmadu Bello University (ABU) Zaria, University of Ilorin; and a former Dean of the Faculty of Medicine, University of Ibadan.
He also served as a chairman of the Board of Management of University College Hospital Ibadan, Nigeria, and one-time Chairman of the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board.
Professor Akinkugbe had practised medicine for 60 years, during which he pioneered the establishment of two critical clinics, one in hypertension and the other in renal disorders at the UCH, Ibadan. Both clinics were the firsts in Africa.
After retirement, Akinkugbe established his own clinic, the Ibadan Hypertension Clinic, which he managed for 20 years.
He was married with two sons.
May his soul rest in peace.
