Gunmen kill OOU lecturer

UNKNOWN gunmen suspected to be robbers, in the early hours of Wednesday, killed Dr Segun Onabanjo, a lecturer at the Olabisi Onabanjo University (OOU), Ago-Iwoye, Ogun State.

Onabanjo, until his untimely death, was a lecturer at the Department of Sociology and was said to have been killed at his residence, l ocated at Kodomo Lasa area in Ilese-Ijebu.

The late lecturer was said to have been killed while trying to challenge the robbers and was said to have been shot dead for daring them.

The incident was confirmed to newsmen by the state Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), Olumuyiwa Adejobi, who said the assailants escaped through a nearby bush in the area.

Adejobi said the robbers went away with some personal belongings of the deceased, adding that policemen, who got to the scene on a tip-off, engaged the robbers in gun duel.

He added that some of the robbers escaped with bullet wounds, thereby calling on members of the public to alert the police in case they found anyone with bullet wounds.

The PPRO described the situation as unfortunate and appealed to residents to report any suspicious movements of people to the police.

He also symphatised with the family of the deceased, assuring that the command would arrest the fleeing armed men.
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