Published By: Nimot Sulaimon
6th June, 2023
By Suleiman Shehu
Yet-to-be-identified gunmen shot and killed Professor Opeyemi Ajewole, a lecturer at the University of Ibadan (UI), the Oyo Police Command confirms.
SP Adewale Osifeso, the Command’s Public Relations Officer, confirmed the incident on Tuesday in Ibadan.
Ajewole, a Professor of Social and Environmental Forestry at the institute, was killed on Monday night on his way home.
“The matter is under investigation. Updates would be provided accordingly,” Osifeso said.
Also, a lecturer in the institution, who prefered to be anonymous, said Ajewole was killed while driving home.
“It is true,he was killed last night while returning home. They shot him and took his car away,” he said.
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