Late Prof. Ruth Wazis
Sam Kaye
The University of Maiduguri has been thrown into mourning again as a former Head of Department of Business Management Prof Ruth Wazis yesterday reportedly died after her car crushed her mysteriously to death.
“She died yesterday when her vehicle moved from where she parked and knocked her down while she was opening the gate of her house to drive in at her polo residence in Maiduguri” said a university source.
Krestnews reports that it was obvious the veteran Professor and grand mother was coming back from a Sunday occasion and wanted to get into her compound without disturbing her husband resting inside and had to open the gate herself.
She lives with her husband in that house with no one else so there was an arrangement on how they accessed the property.
Sources further told Krestnews that on hearing the sound of the bashing of the gate on the wall, “the husband rushed out to save the situation but it was too late because the front tyres of the vehicle were already on her chest.
“With no driver inside, it was obvious a mysterious accident had happened so he shouted to neighbors to come and help but before they could rush her to the hospital, the worse had happened. That was how she died ” said one of her neighbors.
Meanwhile, the entire management of UniMaid led by the Acting Vice Chancellor, Prof Mohammed Mele, had visited her home in polo area of Maiduguri as at the time of writing this report.
Krestnews recalls that Just over a month ago, a Professor in the Department of Pharmacy lost his life after a protracted illness.