Kidnapped Ex-Ekiti Varsity DVC Found Dead

The former Deputy Vice Chancellor of Ekiti State University, Ado Ekiti, Prof. Olorunfemi Olaofe, who was kidnapped on 9 July, has been found dead.

The body of the 79-year-old retired university teacher, according to sources who spoke to Punch, was discovered in a shallow grave in a remote area.

Olaofe was kidnapped from his house alongside his security guard and driven away in his car, which the police said they recovered days after the kidnap incident.

The kidnappers, according to sources, initially demanded a N50 million ransom and later remained incommunicado.

Confirming his death, the Commissioner of Police, Ekiti State Command, Adeniran Akinwale, 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.