A former President of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), Dipo Fasina, popularly known as Jingo is missing.
Reports say that Jingo as fondly called has been missing for about a week now.
According to Premium Times, the former ASUU boss who has been missing since 1 July 2023, is reported to have been travelling to Algeria at the invitation of the Algerian government when he missed his connecting flight from Istanbul, Turkey.
The development was confirmed by the Incumbent ASUU President, Prof. Emmanuel Osodeke, who noted that Fasina’s whereabouts have since been unknown.
Speaking in an interview with Premium Times Osodeke said that ASUU was doing all it could to ensure the safe return of its former president.
He stated that “Yes, we are aware of the development, and we are working on it, so when we are through in the next two or three days, we will let you know.”
Also confirming the incident, the Chairman of the Nigerians in Diaspora Commission (NiDCOM), Abike Dabiri-Erewa, said the organization was aware that Fasina was missing and it’s “working on it.”
Fasina is said to speak Yoruba, English, French, Russian, and Ukrainian, as well as reads and translates German and Spanish.
He was the founding coordinator of the Philosophy Department of the Ogun State University (now Olabisi Onabanjo University).
Reports have it that he directed that his honorarium be used to establish the departmental library.
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