Kidnapped varsity lecturer found dead

A senior lecturer at the Ondo State University of Science of Technology (OSUSTECH), Okitipupa, Prof. Gideon Okedayo, who was abducted on September 5th has been found dead.

NAN reports that the decomposing body of the deceased was discovered on Monday in a bush where he was kept by his kidnappers.

The lecturer was abducted along Igara-Auchi road alongside his driver on his way to his hometown in Igara, Edo.

The Chairman, Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), OSUSTECH Chapter, Dr Dipo Akomolafe, who confirmed the incident to newsmen on Tuesday explained that ASUU and the university were sad and in disarray over the development.

According to him; “His decomposing body was found in the bush. This is so sad to ASUU and his family members because the abductors never call anybody either ASUU or his family for ransom,’’ he said.

Until his death, Late Okedayo was a senior lecturer at the Department of Mathematical Sciences and Acting Dean, School of Post Graduate Studies at OSUSTECH.

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