Unknown gunmen have assassinated a Professor at the University of Ibadan, UI, Opeyemi Isaac Ajewole while returning to his home at the Moniya area of Ibadan on Monday night.
The corpse of the deceased, a lecturer in the Department of Forest Resources Management of the university, has been deposited at UI morgue.
A source in the university on Tuesday said that Ajewole’s car was taken away after he was shot dead.
A friend of the deceased, Olukayode Ogunsanwo, said: “Yes. It is true. It is true. But we are not sure if it is armed robbers or hired assassins.
“He was killed yesterday. The incident happened yesterday”, the Principal Assistant Registrar, Public Communications, at the university, Joke Akinpelu said. She gave no further details.
