Former President of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), and a former lecturer at the Obafemi Awolowo University, Professor Dipo Fashina, who was declared missing while he was at the airport in Turkey, was on Sunday found in the country.
Fashina, popularly known as Jingo in the university community, aged 76 years, was the president of ASUU from 2000 to 2004. He was said to have been missing for a few days.
(Caption): Professor Dipo Fashina, as posted by NIDCOM on Sunday..
He was announced to have been missing by the Nigerian in Diaspora Commission (NIDCOM) when he missed his connecting flight from Istanbul in Turkey to Algeria.
On getting information about the development, according to the commission on its Twitter handle its officials, in collaboration with the Nigerian High Commission in Turkey, began a search for him.
However, while giving an update on the matter on Sunday, the commission disclosed that it successfully located the former university teacher while efforts are being made to fly him back to Nigeria.
The NIDCOM thanked the Nigeria’s Ambassador to Turkey who it said immediately also sent officials to search for him and they eventually succeeded in locating him.
Below are screenshots of the tweets by NIDCOM on the development:
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