Fagbohun celebrates Okebukola @ 70, calls him “A Worthy Mentor”

Success Damian:

Immediate past Vice Chancellor of Lagos State University (LASU) Prof. Olanrewaju Adigun Fagbohun (SAN, NPOM) was among the first personalities to pour encomiums on the erudite Scholar and human capital development builder, Dist. Prof Peter Akinsola Okebukola who clock 70 on Wednesday, February 17, 2021, describing him as a worthy mentor.

Below is the verbatim unedited report of Prof. Fagbohun’s birthday message to the Dist. Prof. Okebukola:

My worthy mentor, good morning sir. I call you different things at different times as my spirit and mood dictates... At times I call ‘Oga’, other times ‘Distinguished’, some other times, particularly when I am flexing with my friends, I call you ‘Baba Okebs’... many more names I know I will still invent for you.

You thought me so many things... you imbued in me so many excellent practices. The confidence that one must radiate when speaking in public, how to apply practical knowledge as distinct from the theoretical in policy decisions were just few of the many things that you ingrained in me.

Baba, you thought me how to remain focused no matter the distractions around me... The above and many more I can continue to recall.

When I became the VC of our great Institution, you stood firmly with me and held my hand for 5years (...LASU became a household name). I will forever thank God for giving me the opportunity to be your mentee.

You were one of the critical winning JOKERS that God used for us to turn LASU round. Oga, when I talk and think about you, goose bumps come all over me. You reflected deep love to my father, and till the demise of His Royal Majesty, he never ceased to pay glowing tributes to you. ‘Oga’, on this your ‘special day’, I say thank you sir. God bless you and all yours 

You will remain a blessing to humanity. ‘Happy birthday to Distinguished Professor Akinsola Okebukola, OFR’

Signed, Olanrewaju A Fagbohun, SAN