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15 farmers in BornoGunmen kidnap travellers in ImoWorkers declare three-day warning strikeFULL TEXT] Nigeria @66: Tinubu declares ‘age of prosperity’ after three years of reformsFlood kills 9 in Bauchi mining pitEXTRA: Tinubu should remove me as minister if he loses FCT, Rivers in 2027— WikeCourt remands ‘fake’ PFIPC DG Adeniyi in prisonTwo Nigerians bag 189 months for $2.4m US cyber fraud
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Suspected gunmen kill UI lecturer

 

Suspected gunmen have reportedly killed Opeyemi Ajewole, a Professor of Social and Environmental Forestry at the University of Ibadan, Ibadan in Oyo State.

Ajewole was reportedly murdered last night by yet-to-be-identified gunmen.

The PUNCH gathered that he was killed while returning home.

A member of the faculty, Oladoyin Adebowale, said he was killed at gunpoint.

Confirming the incident to our correspondent on Tuesday, the state Police Public Relations Officer, Adewale Osifeso, said, “The matter is under investigation. Updates would be provided accordingly, please.”

Details later…

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