Popular Nigerian Professor is dead (Photo)

Professor Umaru Shehu, the former Vice Chancellor of the University of Nigeria, Nsukka, Enugu State, has passed away at the age of 97.

The announcement of Northern Nigeria’s first Professor of Community Health’s demise was made by the Borno Elders Forum in a statement signed by its Secretary, Dr. Bulama Gubio, on Monday.

Prof. Shehu, the founder of the Kanem Borno Historical and Cultural Foundation and a co-founder of the Borno Elders Forum, held the title of Professor Emeritus in Community Health at the University of Maiduguri. He also served as the former President of the Nigerian Academy of Science.

Born on December 8, 1930, in Maiduguri, Nigeria, Professor Shehu pursued his education in various institutions including the University of Liverpool.

He received a Bachelor of Medicine degree from the University of London and was also honored with a fellowship from the Institute of Cancer Research.

Additionally, he held the position of Editor-in-Chief of the British Medical Journal