PHOTO: Gunmen kidnap OAU Prfessor along Ife/Ibadan Expressway

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Photo: OAU professor kidnapped along Ife/Ibadan expressway
A university lecturer in Nigeria, Olayinka Adegbehingbe, has been kidnapped.

Mr Adegbehingbe is a professor at the College of Health Sciences, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery and Traumatology, Obafemi Awolowo University (OAU), Ile-Ife.

Our correspondent gathered that he was abducted during a robbery attack that occurred along Ife/Ibadan expressway around 9:15 p.m. on Sunday while he was traveling from Ibadan to Ife.

Of all the vehicles attacked, Mr Adegbehingbe, who was in his vehicle, was singled out and abducted.


The Chief Security Officer (CSO) of OAU, Babatunde Oyatokun, said that efforts are being made to rescue the victim.

“Yes, I’m presently at Apomu. I have not been in Ife since yesterday. They were coming from Ibadan but (were) attacked in between Asejire and Apomu by armed robbers. While they attacked all the vehicles on the road at that time, he was singled out. They picked him and took him away.

“His wife is also here with us and we’ve been able to report the case and the police are on top of the situation. So, I’m here in Apomu to take the madam (the wife of the kidnapped lecturer) to Ife because she was also there during the attack,” he said.

Also, the Police Area Commander in Ile-Ife, Folorunsho Adegboye, confirmed the incident. He, however, said he could not speak officially on the matter because he is on leave.

The high rate of kidnappings across the country has been a source of concern, with the opposition accusing President Muhammadu Buhari of not doing enough to tackle the situation.


Fielding questions from reporters when he returned to the country after a 10-day trip to the UK, Buhari said Mohammed Adamu, acting inspector-general of police, had lost weight because of his efforts to tackle insecurity.

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