Governor Idris Wada of Kogi
State now has the notorious
reputation of having the most
reckless convoys in and around
Nigeria, as drivers working with
him are well known for
dangerous driving on the
highway.
The same Governor almost died
some months back when the car
he drove in somersaulted on
high speed on the Abuja-Lokoja
express way. Today (Tuesday),
Governor Wada's convoy
rammed into the car of former
ASUU President, Dr. Festus Iyayi
on the same express and,
unfortunately, he died instantly .
According to eyewitness report,
Dr Festus Iyayi, a well-known
Nigerian novelist and activist,
was on his way to Kano to
attend a meeting of the
Academic Staff Union of
Universities (ASUU) whose
members have been on strike
since July. The union’s meeting
in Kano was called to decide on
a possible calling off of the
strike and a return to the
classroom.
Nigerians and the academic
community will miss Dr Iyayi
greatly. He was born in 1947, in
Ugbegun, Ishan, Edo State. In
1968, he left the shores of
Nigeria to pursue higher
education, obtaining a M.Sc in
Industrial Economics from the
Kiev Institute of Economics, in
the former U.S.S.R., and his
Ph.D from the University of
Bradford, England.
In 1980, he went back to Benin
and became a lecturer in the
Department of Business
Administration at the University
of Benin.
A well known author, with four
books to his credit (Violence,
The Contract, Heroes, and
Awaiting Court Martial), Prof.
Iyayi won the Commonwealth
Prize for Literature for his book
Heroes in 1988.
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