Renown Professor of Dermatology, Femi Soyinka is dead

A renown Professor of Dermatology, Venereology and clinical Immunology, Femi Soyinka has died at the age of 85

A statement by the family signed by the son of the deceased, Ayodele Soyinka says the University of Heidelberg trained medical doctor died on Tuesday in Kukumada Village, Ibadan, Oyo State

Prof. Soyinka who is a younger sibling to Nobel laureate Prof. Wole Soyinka, was one time chief medical director, faculty of health sciences at the Obafemi Awolowo University Ile Ife. The late university don has led and also been involved in several international researches in his area of specialization

The family is to announce arrangements for his burial at a later date

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