Olu Akeusola

ONLY IF THE DEAD COULD SPEAK...ABOUT A LATE PROFESSOR AND HIS BABY MAMAS

Hardly had the tears shed in bucketful at the burial of Olu Akeusola, a Professor of Comparative Grammar, dried, than salacious tales about his lifestyle began to emerge. An illustrious Epe son and Provost of Michael Otedola College of Primary Education, Akeusola, died Friday, April 21st, at the age of 55 and was buried the following day. Despite dying about three hours after returning from Abuja, no foul play was suspected in his death. Professor Akeusola is survived by three wives and children. But that is not the story. At the eighth day Fidau prayer, a woman came out from the crowd to inform the clerics conducting the prayers that the baby she was holding was ‘ fathered’ by the deceased. She told them that the baby was christened Abass by the Professor himself and that she came all the way from the United States of America to attend the Fidau. The clerics prayed for her and the baby and further announced that another London- based woman has a baby by the late Professor but could not make the prayer. While the first two wives were understandably aghast, the last wife, who did not have any child by Professor Akeusola in more than five years of marriage, was devastated and inconsolable. Interestingly, despite having a palatial home fit enough for royalty, none of the three wives lived with him. Sources say he preferred his freedom and did not like the encumbrances of having a woman under his roof or so.