The former Deputy Vice Chancellor of Ekiti State University, Ado Ekiti, Prof. Olorunfemi Olaofe, who was kidnapped on 9th July, has been found dead.
According to sources, the 79-year-old retired university teacher’s body was discovered in a shallow grave in a remote area. However, it is unclear whether his death was due to natural causes related to his age or if he was murdered by his kidnappers.
The retired DVC was kidnapped from his house alongside his security guard, over three weeks ago, and driven away in his car, which was recovered by the police days after the kidnapping.
Sources said that the kidnappers initially demanded a N50 million ransom and later remained incommunicado.
The Commissioner of Police, Ekiti State Command, Adeniran Akinwale, who confirmed Olaofe’s death, said, “Yes, the professor has been found dead, and we are doing everything possible to exhume the body for burial.
“However, we have arrested many people, and you know the circumstances surrounding the incident. We suspect insider involvement, as the security man employed by the professor was the one who planned it.
“They (abductors) kidnapped the man along with him so that we would not suspect. In the process of rescuing him, we have arrested some people.
I can’t say much about the security guard, but at the appropriate time, we will brief the public,” the police commissioner said.
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