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General News of Tuesday, 19 January 2021

Source: www.mynigeria.com

Gunmen kidnaps Deeper Life's Anchor University Deputy VC, Fatokun

Prof. Johnson Fatoku Prof. Johnson Fatoku

Deputy Vice-Chancellor of Anchor University, Professor Johnson Fatokun has been abducted by some gunmen.

The Anchor University is a bible believing institution founded by the Deeper Christian Life Ministry, Pastor William Kumuyi.

According to reports, Fatokun was kidnapped on his way back from dropping off his children at Deeper Life High School in Nasarawa State on Monday.

In a publication sighted on pmnewsnigeria.com, the kidnappers had reached out to the family and the school, however, no ransom had been requested.

Fatokun is a Professor of Computational Mathematics and Numerical Analysis. He was formerly the pioneer Deputy Vice-Chancellor, Federal University, Dutsin-Ma before joining the services of Anchor University in 2017 as the pioneer Dean, Faculty of Natural and Applied Sciences which later became Faculty of Science and Science Education.

Mr Fatokun was the Directorate of Academic Planning and Quality Assurance, until his appointment as the pioneer Deputy Vice-Chancellor of Anchor University, Lagos.

His research interests are in Numerical Methods for Solving Differential Equations and its applications to Modelling, Biology and Medicine, Novel Teaching and Learning Methodologies.

While his areas of teaching interest are Numerical Analysis, Quantitative Techniques, Differential Equations, Statistics, Functional Analysis and Computer Science.