LASU Professor, Lai Oso dies in road accident

Renowned Mass Communication Professor at the Lagos State University (LASU), Lai Oso, has died in a road accident.

Oso died on Saturday evening when his car reportedly plunged into a river along the Ijebu axis of Ogun State.

The Dean, Faculty of Communication and Media Studies, FCMS, Lagos State University, Professor Sunday Alawode, confirmed Oso’s death.

It was gathered that the academic was returning to Lagos from Delta State University (DELSU), where he was an external examiner at the Department of Mass Communication.

The 67-year-old Oso was a communication and media studies teacher at Moshood Abiola Polytechnic, from where he headed for Olabisi Onabanjo University, Ago Iwoye and later, the Lagos State University.

An author of many scholarly publications, Oso is survived by his wife and children.