The postgraduate examinations of the University of Ibadan (UI) billed to commence on Wednesday on the campus has been suspended until further notice due to fear of the spread of the dreaded Delta Variant of the COVID-19 pandemic ravaging the country.
According to reports, the postponement is due to information about an academic staff of the Institute of Peace and Strategic Studies who was suspected to have had contact with the late Professor of Virology, of the University of Ibadan, David Olaleye.
Though his name was not disclosed, the academic staff has been taken to the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) of the University College Hospital (UCH) in Ibadan, according to New Telegraph.
Prof. Olaleye, who died on Tuesday at age 67 was a member of the COVID-19 Task Force team, inaugurated by the Oyo State government to see to the curtailment of the spread of the virus in March 2020. He was alleged to have died of COVID-19, the reason the ailing academic staff who had contact with him was rushed to the UCH’s ICU.
Following the fear, students who were to sit for the examinations were told to go home till another date when it would be made known by the authorities. They were advised to adhere strictly to the protocols of the COVID-19.
A postgraduate student of the Institute of Peace and Strategic Studies who spoke in confidence with New Telegraph said most of the students had left the campus for their homes till another date would be announced for the examination.