Cultists Kidnap and Murder Kogi University Professor over Examination Malpractice

A lecturer with Kogi State University, KSU, Anyigba, Associate Professor Justice Olurotimi Otitolaye, has been reported killed by cult members in the institution according to Vanguard.

Otitolaye may have been killed in his involvement in warring against examination malpractice in the institution according to Vanguard. 

Suspected cultist were said to have fired sporadic shots into the air to scare away people living around the area before abducting the lecturer around Stadium Road, near the campus on Friday night, on his way to a supermarket to an unknown place.

His bullet-riddled body was found in the early of hours of Sunday at Ejule, which is about 8 kilometres away from the school.

The murdered lecturer, simply called Otis, was a renowned agriculturist, who was a former pre-degree director and a lecturer in Faculty of Agriculture in the Department of Agric Economics and Extension at the university.Otis, who was said to be a jovial, nice and well-respected person, also held a chieftaincy title from his home town, Kabba, headquarters of Kabba/Bunu Local Government Area of the state.

The body of the lecturer has been deposited at the university teaching hospital.

Rest in peace!