UNICAL PROFESSOR DIES AFTER PRESENTING MANIFESTO

 A lecturer in the Department of Animal Science, University of Calabar, Prof. Martins Isika, has died after presenting his manifesto for the position of the dean of the institution’s postgraduate school.

The professor was said to have died at the Senate Chambers of the institution on Friday at about 2pm, shortly after reading his manifesto to nearly 300 delegates.

Isika, who is in his 50s, became a professor some six months ago.

A source, who is a medical consultant at the University of Calabar Teaching Hospital, told our correspondent on Sunday that the professor might have died of cardiac-related ailment.

He said, “Isika had just finished his electioneering campaign and in less than five minutes after addressing the senate, he slumped and died in his seat.

“The medical doctors at the event gave him first aid before rushing him to the hospital, but before they got there he was already dead. Part of the indication was that he was hypertensive.”

When contacted, the Public Relations Officer of UNICAL, Mr. Eyo Effiong, confirmed the incident.

He said, “It was a tragedy that the man should die that way after attaining such height in his educational pursuit.”