The immediate past Chairman of the Committee of Vice-Chancellors of Nigerian Universities (CVCNUs) Emeritus Prof. Samuel Gowon Edoumiekumor is dead.
Edoumiekumor, who was also the former Vice-Chancellor of Niger Delta University, died at the age of 53 in Lagos early on Saturday, October 7, Nigerian Tribune reported.

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It was gathered that Edoumiekumor died from complications related to lung cancer.
The General Secretary of CVCNUs, Prof. Yakubu Ochefu, who disclosed this said;
“I’m sorry, we just lost one of our members, who was the immediate past Chairman of the Committee of VCs and also the immediate past Vice-Chancellor of Niger Delta University, Prof. Samuel Gowon Edoumiekumor.
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He added:
“His death is shocking to us and to me in particular,”
Source: Legit.ng