A former President of Medical Schools in Africa, Umaru Shehu, has died, aged 92. He was born on December 8, 1930.
He was the foremost professor of community medicine and a global giant in the field of medicine.
According to a statement by Dr. Bulama Gubio, the Secretary of the Borno Elders Forum (BEF) issued today in Maiduguri, late Shehu, a distinguished Professor of Medicine, died in the early hours of today.
Gubio regrets to announce the demise of the founding father of both the Kanem Borno Historical and Cultural Foundation (KBHCF) as well as the BEF.
Professor Emeritus Umaru Shehu, CFR, Dr. Shettima Ali Monguno and Maina Ibrahim Damcida were the founding fathers of BEF.
Gugio says all three are now dead and late Shehu was the last of the Titans.
Shehu was the Vice-Chancellor of the University of Nigeria, Nsukka, from 1978 to 1980; and held visiting professorships in various universities, including the School of Medicine, University of North Carolina in Chapel Hill, U.S. from 1976 to 1977.
He was also a foundation fellow of the National Postgraduate Medical College of Nigeria; a foundation fellow of the West African College of Physicians; a foundation fellow of the Nigerian Academy of Science; and a foundation fellow of the Faculty of Community Medicine (Nigeria).
Shehu was appointed Honorary Consultant Physician in 1991 and became Professor Emeritus in 2000.
