13 candidates shortlisted for Unilorin VC post

Thirteen candidates have been shortlisted for the

post of Vice-Chancellor of the University of Ilorin, in

Kwara State.

OAG POST learnt that the tenure of the incumbent

Vice-Chancellor, Professor Sulyman Abdulkareem Age

will come to an end in October 2022.

According to sources in the university, 23 candidates

applied for the position, but only 13 were lucky to be

shortlisted.

The interview and selection process for the position

is expected to come up on Monday and Tuesday this

week.

The 13 shortlisted candidates include: Professor

Wahab Olasupo Egbewole, (SAN), Professor

Muhammed Olanrewaju Ibrahim, Professor Bashir

Ademola Raji, Professor Olubunmi Abayomi

Omotesho, Professor Ibrahim Ademola Katibi,

Professor Mikhaila Olayinka Buhari, and Professor

Ahmed Shehu Abdulsalam.

Others are: Professor Hassan Ajisafe Saliu, Professor

Suleiman Folorunsho Ambali, Professor Raheem

Adebayo Lawal, Professor Abdulrazaq Akinola Alada,

Professor Baki Toyin Abdulrahim and Professor Issac

Abiodun Adimula.

However, one of the candidates reported to have

applied for the position, Professor Olubunmi Abayomi

Omotesho, in a chat with OAG POST in Ilorin on

Saturday, denied ever applying for the post.

At the end of the interview and selection process, the

names of three candidates are expected to be

forwarded to President Muhammadu Buhari for

consideration of who would take over from the

outgoing Vice-Chancellor of the institution.