University to immortalise staffer killed by lion in its zoo

The management of Obafemi Awolowo University (OAU) in Ile-Ife, Nigeria, has promised to immortalise Olabode Olawuyi, a veterinary technologist who was killed by a lion in the university zoo, reports the News Agency of Nigeria.

University Registrar Adetunji Bakare stated this on Wednesday 19 February at a one-day workshop to mark the first anniversary of Olawuyi’s death, held at Pit Theatre, department of dramatic arts, OAU. The workshop, organised by the National Association of Academic Technologists, was titled “Workplace Safety Awareness”.

The News Agency of Nigeria reports that Olawuyi died on 19 February 2024, while attempting to rescue a junior colleague who was attacked by the lion during feeding. The registrar stated that people were not gathering to celebrate Olawuyi’s death, “but his heroism”. Bakare said the university authorities would immortalise the memory of the late Olawuyi.
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