Kidnapped Ondo varsity lecturer found dead
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The kidnapped lecturer of the Ondo State University of Science and
Technology (OSUSTECH), Okitipupa, Prof. Gideon Okedayo, has been found
dead.
Okedayo, of the Department of Mathematical Sciences and Acting Dean
of the School of Postgraduate Studies in the university, was kidnapped
on Sept. 5 on his way to his hometown in Igara, Edo State.
The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) learnt that Okedayo’s decomposing
body was found on Sept. 9 in the bush, where his abductors held him.
The lecturer’s death is another sad tale in the recurring cases of
kidnapping of travellers on major Nigerian highways in recent times.
On July 12, Mrs Funke Olakurin, daughter of the Chairman of the
pan-Yoruba group, Afenifere, Pa Reuben Fasorotin, was similarly,
abducted and murdered by her kidnappers on the Ondo-Ore highway in Ondo
State.
The Chairman of the OSUSTECH Chapter of the Academic Staff Union of
Universities (ASSU), Dr Dipo Akomolafe, confirmed Okedayo’s death in an
interview with NAN on Tuesday in Okitipupa.
He said that ASSU and the university community had been thrown into disarray and were saddened by the development.
“His decomposing body was found in the bush. This is so sad to ASUU
and his family members because the abductors never called anybody,
whether ASUU or Okedayo’s family for ransom.
The spokesman of the Edo State Police Command, Mr Chidi Nwabuzor, a
Chief Superintendent of Police, did not pick several calls made to him
on the development.
Okedayo was kidnapped by gunmen, described as herdsmen at Akoko
Junction on the Igara-Auchi road, together with his driver on their way
to Edo State.
The Edo State Police Command had earlier announced that it had
recovered Okedayo’s official vehicle, a Toyota Corolla car with
registration number, 06X47OD.
