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MY ENCOUNTER WITH Prof A.M. SALAU

Fellows, the above is a series I intend to run for the next couple of days reminiscing the various memorable moments I shared with Late Prof A.M. Salau.

The year was year 2000, as an undergraduate in the university where Prof Salau was the VC, part of what I cherished was to observe my jumat service at the University Mosque because it was always from mosque to Federation of Ibadan Students' Union ( FIBSU) meeting at Old Chemistry Lab.

There was this particular Friday I got to the mosque a bit late, same as Prof Salau on that day (though very unusual of him).
We had our ablution at about the same time and at that time Dr Tijani ( now Prof Tijani) LAUTECH Chief Imam was already on his feet, the security office attached to VC hastely spread the mat himself and Prof were to pray on and some students in their innocence rushed to occupy the mat before Prof Salau could access the mat, at that point I almost lost concentration on my prayer (astagafirlah) I was just a row away and was amazed at what the students did, the security officer to the VC tactically attempted to secure a space for Prof Salau on the mat but Prof declined insinuating those students actually got to the mat before him and should be allowed to observe their prayers on the mat the VC actually brought to the mosque and to my dismay, the VC just quietly packed himself off the mat and had his prayer on a bare sand under the scotching sun of that day. I practically lost concentration on my prayer on that day as I saw the height of humility on display.

Prof A.M. Salau humbled himself here on earth , may Allah elevate him to enviable heights in the hereafter.
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