Professor of Political Science, and the Director-General of the National Electoral Institute, Abubakar Momoh, is dead.
Momoh was with the Lagos State University, Ojo, before he was appointed the CEO of the Institute of the Independent National Electoral Commission.
Momoh in his lifetime was a close friend of the former governor of Ekiti State and current Minister of Solid Minerals Development and former Secretary to the Edo State Government, Professor Julius Ihonvbere.
He obtained his PhD in Political Theory and started his Lecturing career in 1988. He has served on various Boards and scientific committees including those of the Centre for Democracy and Development, CDD, and Council for the Development of Social Science Research in Africa, CODESRIA.
According to information gathered, the astute professor of political science passed on this morning after a brief illness and as at the time of filing this report, his body is on the way to his Auchi hometown for burial. Abubakar lost his father earlier in the year.
However, the academic community has been thrown into mourning as his colleagues at the University of Ibadan were shocked to hear the news of his demise are still finding it hard to believe describing his death as a monumental loss to Nigeria.