Babcock Uni Lecturer Killed By Gunmen, and 2 Kidnapped...

 In Iperu town, Ogun State, gunmen killed Dr. Olowojobi Yinka, a law professor at Babcock University, and kidnapped two others.

Around 9.20 p.m. on Friday, April 19, 2024, the Ajadeh Event Centre on Sagamu Road in the Iperu district was attacked by eight shooters dressed in black clothes.

It was learned that the lecturer was shot and killed because he refused the gunmen's attempts to carry him away.

One of the people taken is a car dealer by the name of Dare, according to SP Omolola Odutola, a spokeswoman for the State Police Command who verified the occurrence in a statement. The abduction and murder incident happened on April 19, 2024, at around 9:20 p.m., according to a report from the Iperu Division, she continued.

“It was reported that gunshots were heard at the Ajadeh Event Centre on Sagamu Road in the Iperu area in Ogun State.

"Eye witnesses were able to count eight men dressed in black and armed with guns emerged from an unknown place into the relaxing lounge and opened fire indiscriminately, where one person later identified as a lecturer at Babcock University named Olowojobi Yinka, was shot in the chest, for resisting to go away with the hoodlums, at their prompt, while a manager of a car stand, simply known as Dare “m” the third person is yet to be identified.

"A suspicious coincidence led the police to arrest one Awada Ishaya “m” of Plateau State who was employed two weeks ago when the event center was launched as a security man for further interrogation.

“The lecturer was taken to Babcock University Teaching Hospital, where he was pronounced dead. Efforts are underway to apprehend the culprits and rescue the kidnapped victims. Further updates will be provided as the situation develops."