Ekiti University: Kidnapped Fmr DVC Found in A Shallow Grave

Ekiti state Police command has announced the finding of the body of the former Deputy Vice Chancellor of the state university, Prof Olorunfemi Olaofe, who was abducted from his home on Tuesday, July 9, 2024.

The 79 year-old university don, who was kidnapped alongside his security guide and driven out in his car, was found buried in a shallow grave in the bush in a yet to be disclosed location.

Adeniran Akinwale, the state commissioner of Police, made the disclosure on Tuesday.

“Yes, the professor has been found dead and we are doing everything possible to exhume the body for burial.

Adewale also disclosed that some suspects involved in the abduction have been arrested in the build-up to the discovery of the Don's body in the said shallow grave.

“...we have arrested so many people and you know the circumstances surrounding the incident and we suspected insiders’ work in which the security man employed by the professor was the one who planned it.

“They (abductors) kidnapped the man 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 CP said.

The Kidnapper made an initial demand ransom of N50m before going incommunicado.