Gunmen have killed a professor at Babcock University in Ogun State Yinka Olowojobi and abducted two others.
According to the police, the incident occured last Friday at Ajadeh Event Centre in Iperu Remo along Sagamu Road.
Spokesperson of Ogun State Police Command Omolola Odutola said on Monday that Olowojobi, a law professor, was shot in the chest after allegedly resisting to go with the gunmen.
Odutola, however, said that the police had arrested the event centre’s security guard Awada Ishaya from Plateau State as a suspect in the act.
The statement partly reads, “A report from the Iperu Division indicates that a kidnapping and murder incident occurred on April 19th, 2024, at about 9:20 pm.
“It was reported that gunshots were heard at the Ajadeh Event Centre on Sagamu Road in the Iperu area in Ogun State.
“Eyewitnesses were able to count eight men dressed in black and armed with guns emerged from an unknown place into the relaxing lounge and open fire indiscriminately, where one person later identified as a lecturer at Babcock University named Olowojobi Yinka, was shot in the chest, for resisting to go away with the hoodlum, at their prompt, while a manager of a car stand, simply known as Dare ‘m’ the third person is yet to be identified.
“A suspicious coincidence led the police to arrest one Awada Ishaya ‘m’ of Plateau State who was employed two weeks ago when the event centre was launched as a security man for further interrogation.
“The lecturer was taken to Babcock University Teaching Hospital, where he was pronounced dead.
“Efforts are underway to apprehend the culprits and rescue the kidnapped victims. Further updates will be provided as the situation develops.”
