The date concurs with the end of one-month extension of tenure granted the acting vice-chancellor, Oyedamola Oke, on August 21.
Mr Oke, the then deputy vice-chancellor in charge of administrative matters, was elected by the university’s Senate on January 11 as the acting vice-chancellor. He filled the vacuum created by the exit of the university’s 8th substantive vice-chancellor, Olanrewaju Fagbohun.
The Senate had risen to the occasion following the decision by Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu to cancel the first selection process for the appointment of Mr Fagbohun’s successor, about a week before his exit.
The Senate election, which was supervised by the provost of the university’s college of medicine, Abiodun Adewuya, as the protem chairman, produced Mr Oke as the acting vice-chancellor having polled 61 votes as against his colleague and deputy vice-chancellor (Academic), Wahab Ellias, who polled 51 votes.