A Lecturer in the Department of
Agricultural Economics at Obafemi Awolowo University (OAU), Ile-Ife, Dr. Deji
Adejobi has been killed by suspected assassins.Adejobi was killed at his
residence located at the Dawn area, near Ife tollgate in Ile-Ife, Osun State.
According to Adejobi’s gateman,
the assailants trailed the deceased to the house at exactly 10:10 p.m. on
Tuesday evening and shot him twice after shooting into the air to scare the
residents of the community.
One of the children of the late
lecturer, Oyin Adejobi, in an agonised voice narrated how her father was
murdered in cold blood.
“As we finished our evening
prayer at 10:05 p.m., dad drove into the compound, and we overheard an argument
between the gateman and some strange people. I quickly looked from the window
and I saw another black car that entered our compound behind our dad’s car.
“Our gateman was querying the
occupants of the other car but they hit him and ordered him to lie down. The
men in the black car came out before dad could alight from his car and one of
them shot into the air.
“Two of them advanced to dad’s
car while others came inside, grandma started begging those that came inside,
suddenly, we heard gunshot twice from the outside. The assailants left at 10:20
p.m. and took dad’s car away. I overheard dad begging them that they should not
take him away.
“When they left, we thought
they took him away and we started praying for the safety of dad without knowing
that he had been killed. When the police came, they saw his lifeless body
amidst the flower,” Oyin explained as she sobbed.
The younger brother of the
deceased who is also the Public Relation Officer for Ogun State Police Command,
Prince Olumuyiwa Adejobi described the death of his brother as very pathetic.
The Police Public Relations
Officer for Osun State Police Command, Mrs Folashade Odoro while confirming the
incident said that the command had commenced investigation into the matter and
assured that the police would fish out the killers.
The Public Relations Officer of
OAU, Mr Abiodun Olanrewaju said the death of Dr Adejobi was very unfortunate.
Olanrewaju added that the
management, members of staff and students of the university were very sad about
the development.
“It is unfortunate that
university lecturers have become the target of kidnappers, armed robbers and
assassins,” he said.
Olanrewaju warned that the
trend was dangerous for education system in the country.
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