TRAGIC: OOU Lecturer Gunned Down in Ogun

 

 

A lecturer of the Olabisi Onabanjo University (OOU), Ago-Iwoye, Ogun State, has been killed by unknown gunmen.

The victim, identified as Dr. Segun Onabanjo, was a senior lecturer at the Department of Sociology.

Witnesses told P.M.News reporter that the attackers broke into lecturer’s residence in Odomolasa area of Ilese-Ijebu at about 1 a.m. on December 18, 2013, Wednesday. The bandits gunned down the victim and took away some of his personal and household items.

Dr. Segun Onabanjo’s corpse has since been moved to an undisclosed mortuary.

The Police Public Relations Officer (PRO) of Ogun Police Command, DSP Muyiwa Adejobi, in a telephone conversation confirmed the killing of the lecturer.

The PRO stated the command was on the trail of the killers who escaped through a nearby bush:

“We are already working on some leads; the police engaged the criminals when they arrived at the scene and some were believed to have sustained injuries in the duel. We combed the area and found some blood stains which we hope will help in this case.

“The police command is seriously investigating this case and the suspects will be brought to justice,” DSP Muyiwa Adejobi stated.

The PRO also urged medical doctors in the state to alert the command in case they spot anyone with gunshot wounds in their hospitals.

At the same time, lecturers are returning back to work at OOU in compliance with the decision of the national secretariat of Academic Staff Union of Universities.