Prof. Samuel Edoumiekumo, the immediate past Vice Chancellor of Niger Delta University, Amassoma is dead.
Daily Report Nigeria reports that the Chairman, Committee of Vice-Chancellors of Nigerian Universities, died on Friday night.
A family source told newsmen that Edoumiekumo died after battling a brief illness.
Edoumiekumo, who was the immediate past VC of the Niger Delta University, Bayelsa State, was said to have died on Friday night following a brief illness.
Edoumiekumo obtained his First School Leaving Certificate from Akeindenowei Primary School, Toru Angiama, in 1982 and his West Africa School Certificate from Ajeromi Ifelodun High School, Lagos State, in 1988.
The late economics professor holds a Bachelor of Science, Master of Science and two Doctor of Philosophy Degrees, which he obtained from the University of Port Harcourt, Rivers State, and the University of Nsukka.
on May 2, 2018, he was appointed the fourth substantive VC of the school.
Until his death, he served as the chairman, Committee of Vice-Chancellors of Nigerian Universities.
