The academic community in Nigeria has been thrown into confusion after Fasina, popularly called Jingo by his students at the Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife in Osun State, was declared missing on Saturday, 1 July.
His missing was confirmed by the President of ASUU, Prof. Emmanuel Osodeke, and chairman of the Nigerians in Diaspora Commission, Abike Dabiri-Erewa.
When contacted, the President of Nigerian Community Turkey, Prince Emre Magbo, and Vice President, Enifome Ubogu said the search has commenced. “With regards to the missing lecturer, we have activated all our contacts within Turkey in cooperation with the Nigerian Embassy in Turkey to find out his whereabouts if he actually arrived in Turkey”, they told PUNCH on Sunday.
He was said to be travelling to Algeria reportedly at the invitation of the Algerian government when he was said to have missed his connecting flight from Istanbul, Turkey.
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