Professor Adetokunbo .O. Lucas Dies At 89

Renowned and celebrated public health expert “Professor Adetokunbo Lucas”, has passed on at the age of 89.

“Nigeria, indeed the world has lost an expert in public health,” President Muhammadu Buhari said on receiving the news of the passing of Professor Adetokunbo Oluwole Lucas, OFR, at the age of 89.

The President commiserates with the family, friends, medical community and academia over the passage of the global health leader for Africa and award winner for his outstanding support for research on tropical diseases especially malaria, bilharzia and lepros.