The senate of the University of Lagos (UNILAG) on Monday elected Folasade Ogunsola, the institution’s deputy vice-chancellor for development services, as acting VC.
Ogunsola secured 135 votes to defeat Ben Ogbojafor, a professor, who polled 31 votes.
A vote was declared void, making the total votes cast 167.
Ogunsola, a former provost of UNILAG College of Medicine, is the first woman to occupy the number one position in UNILAG.
She is the principal investigator at AIDS Prevention Initiative in Nigeria (APIN) at UNILAG and has been the chairman of the Infection Control Committee of Lagos University Teaching Hospital (LUTH).
Oluwatoyin Ogundipe, the suspended VC of the institution, was earlier removed by the varsity’s governing council during a meeting presided over by Wale Babalakin, its pro-chancellor and chairman.
The council had thereafter named Omololu Soyombo as the acting VC.
However, President Muhammadu Buhari over the weekend directed Ogundipe and Babalakin to step aside and allow the senate of the university to nominate an acting vice-chancellor.
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