The Director of Communication of the University of Ibadan, Mr Olatunji Oladejo has revealed that the late lecturer, Mr Aminu Othman Subair (The don) sustained no burn during the fire incident that broke out in his department at Phillipson road in the university campus.
He made the revelation to Double A Media following the public misbelieve that the late lecturer, a hausa man committed suicide by setting himself ablaze.
According to him, the campus security unit and fire service unit confirmed that the deceased sustained no burn during their rescue operation on Monday, 1th of April, 2019, and reasons behind his death is still unknown though autopsy is ongoing.
Moreover, the campus fire service responded swiftly to the peoples’ call on the incident, and if not that the whole building of six flats would be burnt but only the deceased’s flat was affected.
It was when the unit quenched the fire that they discovered that the deceased was laying on his bed in his bedroom so evidently, only his parlor was affected by the fire.

Even one of the rescue team did a mouth-to-mouth resuscitation to revive the deceased before he was rushed to the intensive care unit in the University College Hospital at orita-mefa, Ibadan, supported by oxygen in an ambulance.

There it was discovered that he died as a result of the excessive smoke he inhaled while asleep before he eventually died on the following day of the incident.


He, however, rendered his condolence on behalf of the school management to the deceased’s family and friends, and gave kudos to the fire service unit in the campus for the diligent role they played during the rescue operation.