The Ekiti State Police Command have confirmed the loss of life of kidnapped former Deputy Vice Chancellor (Teachers) of Ekiti State College (EKSU), Ado Ekiti, Professor Femi Olaofe.
The ex-university instructor, was on July 9, kidnapped by some gunmen alongside his gateman in his residence positioned on the Housing Property, Afao Highway within the state’s capital, Ado-Ekiti.
The sum of N50 million was demanded by the late don’s abductors for his launch.
The retired Professor of Industrial Chemistry was mentioned to have been kidnapped after coming back from a brief go to to Lagos, the place he had gone to see his youngsters.
LEADERSHIP gathered that the corpse of the septuagenarian who has been held in captivity by his abductors for 20 days was present in a shallow grave alongside Ekiti Cargo Airport Highway.
Some suspects have been mentioned to have been arrested by the police in reference to the deceased’s kidnap.
The Commissioner of Police, Ekiti State Command, CP Adeniran Akinwale Adeniran who confirmed Professor Olaofe’s loss of life mentioned, “Sure, the professor has been discovered lifeless and we’re doing all the things attainable to exhume the physique for burial.
“Nevertheless, we’ve arrested so many individuals and you recognize the circumstances surrounding the incident, and we suspected insider’s work through which the safety man employed by the professor was the one who deliberate it.
“They (abductors) kidnapped the person with him so that we are going to not suspect. Within the means of rescuing him, we’ve arrested some folks. I can’t say a lot concerning the safety guard, however on the acceptable time, we’ll temporary the general public.”
