OAU First Class Graduate Announced Dead On Convocation Day

The untimely death of a first-class graduate,
Bibilari Elebuibon, of the Obafemi Awolowo
University, Ile Ife, Osun State, has thrown his
colleagues into shock.
The deceased, who was among the 66 first-
class graduates, was a son of a popular Ifa
priest in Osogbo, Chief Yemi Elebuibon.
His death caused an unusual silence on Friday
when it was announced at the 42nd
convocation of the institution.
His colleagues and some others present burst
into tears 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.
Elebuibon, who was the best in Yoruba
Language in the Faculty of Arts, was said to
have died in an accident in Osogbo, the Osun
State capital, in July 2016.