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Gunmen kidnap Ondo State University Professor
A lecturer at the Ondo State University of Science and Technology (OSUSTECH) in Okitipupa, Ondo State, Professor Gideon Okedayo, has been kidnapped at Akoko junction on the Igara-Auch highway in Edo State.
Okedayo of the Department of Mathematical Sciences and acting Dean of the School of Post Graduate Studies in OSUSTECH, was kidnapped on September 5 on his way to his hometown in Igara, Edo State.
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The lecturer’s driver, Mr Sunday Omonigbo, who spoke on telephone on Friday on the development, said the abduction happened at a bad spot on Akoko junction on the Igara-Auchi highway.
Omonigbo said that Okedayo’s official car, a Toyota Corolla was stopped abruptly by gunmen who fired gunshots in the air.
“The gunmen who looked like Fulani herdsmen stopped us and fired gunshots in the air. They cut my right hand with a machete, ordered me to come down and took my boss away in his official car.
“I ran to the Igara Police Station to report the matter. As I am speaking with you now, my boss is nowhere to be found,” Omonigbo stated.
The Chairman of the OSUSTECH Chapter of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), Dr Dipo Akomolafe, who also confirmed the incident, disclosed that the institution was in disarray after the news was received.
Akomolafe said he had reported the matter to the Okitipupa Police Division, pleading with security agencies to rescue Okedayo from his abductors.
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