Yesterday I received with deep sadness news of the death of Dr Kola Akinlemibola. He thus became the first radiologist in the West African sub region to die of corona virus disease. He was aged 62 years.
After his undergraduate education at the College of Medicine University of Lagos, he joined our department at the University of Ilorin Teaching Hospital for residency training. During the period of his residency programme , he was Chairman of the local chapter of the Association of Resident Doctors in UITH, Ilorin. He qualified as a radiologist with Fellowship of the West African College of Surgeons (FWACS) in the mid 1990s. Throughout his career in Public Service he worked as a Consultant Radiologist for the Lagos State Government at the General Hospitals, first in Marina and later in Gbagada until his retirement in 2018. Kola was an urbane, debonair, self-effacing and detribalized Nigerian who pursued his convictions with quiet determination. He was a dependable colleague who stood by his words.
His long sojourn in Lagos did not detach him from his roots in Ile-Oluji, Ondo State where he continued to relate with his homestead and contributed to community development.
I pray that Almighty God will give his family members the fortitude to bear this irreparable loss.
May his gentle soul rest peacefully in the bosom of the Lord.
Adieu to a dear colleague.
From Donald Nzeh