Nigeria, April 16 -- Inih Ebong, an associate professor of theatre arts, unjustly sacked 24 years ago by the University of Uyo (UniUyo), Akwa Ibom State, is dead.

Mr Ebong, 73, died in the early hours of Wednesday, 16 April, at the University of Uyo Teaching Hospital, his wife, Uduak, told PREMIUM TIMES around 7 a.m.

"He is gone," Uduak said in a quavering voice.

Uduak said Mr Ebong stayed awake into the late night and was talking continuously from his sickbed while she tried to persuade him to calm down and sleep. She said she later fell asleep, only to wake up and realise that he was lifeless. "I ran out to the nurses. They came in and confirmed he's dead," she said.

UniUyo unjustly sacked the lecturer in 2002 for persistently criti...