It is no longer news that the renowned surgeon and Medical Director of Awojobi Clinic, Eruwa, Dr. Yombo Awojobi, is dead. He passed away in the early hours of Saturday, April 18, 2015.
What is, however, worth mentioning is his exemplary lifestyle while he was alive.
The 64-year-old Awojobi was, until his demise, the most popular surgeon in Eruwa and, by extension, the entire Ibarapa region of Oyo State. Many people benefited from his brilliance and the selfless services offered by his clinic.
Incidentally, the surgeon, who was born Oluyombo Adetilewa Awojobi, hailed from Ikorodu in Lagos State. He was born on March 1, 1951.
Checks revealed that Awojobi belonged to a family of geniuses. His brother, Professor Ayodele Awojobi, was renowned for his contributions to the field of Mechanical Engineering.
Those who passed through the University of Lagos, where he became the youngest Nigerian Professor of Mechanical Engineering, will remember Autonov I, Ayodele Awojobi’s invention. The patriot in him made him reject lucrative offers for the invention, preferring to preserve the design for his country’s future benefit.
Autonov I was a jeep in which Ayodele Awojobi invented a second steering-wheel mechanism attached to the rear end, enabling the vehicle to move both forward and backward using all four existing gears, thereby allowing it to attain its highest speeds even while moving in reverse.
In his view, the army would find such vehicles useful, especially in ambush situations or when a rapid retreat became necessary.
Ayodele Awojobi’s immediate younger brother, Dr. Olubusola Awojobi, who also died in February 2015, distinguished himself as a structural engineer. In 2012, he was inaugurated as the President of the Nigerian Institute of Structural Engineers. Decades earlier, some of his designs had been used in the construction of several bridges in the United Kingdom.
Dr. Yombo Awojobi, who died a week after his elder brother, Dr. Busola Awojobi, was buried, was no different. Like his elder brothers, he had his primary education at Methodist School, Oshodi, Lagos, between 1957 and 1962, and his secondary education at Lagos Anglican Boys’ Grammar School, Bariga, Lagos, and CMS Grammar School, Lagos, between 1963 and 1969.
Awojobi attended the University of Ibadan, where he studied Medicine from 1970 to 1975. Between 1975 and 1976, he completed his housemanship at the University College Hospital (UCH), Ibadan. He left Ibadan for his mandatory National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) in Benue State in 1976, after which he returned to UCH, Ibadan, for his surgical residency from 1977 to 1983.
An epitome of brilliance, Awojobi’s career was marked by numerous honours and awards.
What is, however, worth mentioning is his exemplary lifestyle while he was alive.
The 64-year-old Awojobi was, until his demise, the most popular surgeon in Eruwa and, by extension, the entire Ibarapa region of Oyo State. Many people benefited from his brilliance and the selfless services offered by his clinic.
Incidentally, the surgeon, who was born Oluyombo Adetilewa Awojobi, hailed from Ikorodu in Lagos State. He was born on March 1, 1951.
Checks revealed that Awojobi belonged to a family of geniuses. His brother, Professor Ayodele Awojobi, was renowned for his contributions to the field of Mechanical Engineering.
Those who passed through the University of Lagos, where he became the youngest Nigerian Professor of Mechanical Engineering, will remember Autonov I, Ayodele Awojobi’s invention. The patriot in him made him reject lucrative offers for the invention, preferring to preserve the design for his country’s future benefit.
Autonov I was a jeep in which Ayodele Awojobi invented a second steering-wheel mechanism attached to the rear end, enabling the vehicle to move both forward and backward using all four existing gears, thereby allowing it to attain its highest speeds even while moving in reverse.
In his view, the army would find such vehicles useful, especially in ambush situations or when a rapid retreat became necessary.
Ayodele Awojobi’s immediate younger brother, Dr. Olubusola Awojobi, who also died in February 2015, distinguished himself as a structural engineer. In 2012, he was inaugurated as the President of the Nigerian Institute of Structural Engineers. Decades earlier, some of his designs had been used in the construction of several bridges in the United Kingdom.
Dr. Yombo Awojobi, who died a week after his elder brother, Dr. Busola Awojobi, was buried, was no different. Like his elder brothers, he had his primary education at Methodist School, Oshodi, Lagos, between 1957 and 1962, and his secondary education at Lagos Anglican Boys’ Grammar School, Bariga, Lagos, and CMS Grammar School, Lagos, between 1963 and 1969.
Awojobi attended the University of Ibadan, where he studied Medicine from 1970 to 1975. Between 1975 and 1976, he completed his housemanship at the University College Hospital (UCH), Ibadan. He left Ibadan for his mandatory National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) in Benue State in 1976, after which he returned to UCH, Ibadan, for his surgical residency from 1977 to 1983.
An epitome of brilliance, Awojobi’s career was marked by numerous honours and awards.
He was the Best Student at O’ Level (WASC) in the 1967 Principal’s Annual Awards; Best Student at A’ Level (HSC) in 1969; recipient of the Adeola Odutola Prize for the Best Final-Year Student in Medicine in 1975; one of the Ten Outstanding Young Persons of Nigeria (TOYPN), organised by the Nigeria Jaycees, in 1985; elected a member of the New York Academy of Sciences in 1985; recipient of the Oyo State Merit Award for Rural Medical Practice in 1988; awarded the British Council Travel Fellowship in 1995; honoured with the Eruwa Youth Movement Merit Award for Public Service and Job Creation in Eruwa in 1995; and received the College of Medicine, University of Ibadan Award for Contributions to the Sustenance of the Ibarapa Community Health Project in 1997.
He also received the Young Men’s Christian Association (YMCA) Nigeria Award for Medical Coverage during its annual camping in Eruwa in 1998.
The Eleruwa of Eruwa and the people of the community conferred on him the chieftaincy title of Baasegun of Eruwa in 2000. In 2001, Awojobi received a special award from the Pan-African Liberation International Project as a Defender of the Less Privileged.
The Eleruwa of Eruwa and the people of the community conferred on him the chieftaincy title of Baasegun of Eruwa in 2000. In 2001, Awojobi received a special award from the Pan-African Liberation International Project as a Defender of the Less Privileged.
In 2003, he was listed in the Marquis Who’s Who Biography in Science and Engineering. He was also one of only two Nigerians featured in the World Medical Association’s publication, Caring Physicians of the World, in 2005.
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