Prof. Wole Soyinka leads Pirates members to pay last respects to former ASUU president, Prof. Biodun Jeyifo, at burial in Ibadan

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Prof. Wole Soyinka leads Pirates members to pay last respects to former ASUU president, Prof. Biodun Jeyifo, at burial in Ibadan

Nobel Laureate Prof. Wole Soyinka today led members of the Pyrates Confraternity as they paid their last respects to Emeritus Prof. Biodun Jeyifo, a former president of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU).

Prof. Jeyifo, who died at the age of 80, was laid to rest in Ibadan, Oyo State.

Members of the confraternity, popularly known as the Pirates, gathered alongside family, friends and colleagues to honour the late scholar, who was widely respected in academic and intellectual circles.

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