The Ekiti State Police Command has confirmed the death of Professor Femi Olaofe, the abducted former Deputy Vice Chancellor of Ekiti State University, in the kidnappers’ hideout.
Adeniran Akinwale, the State Commissioner of Police, confirmed the news on Wednesday while replying to reporters’ enquiries, emphasising that the professor’s body was discovered in a shallow grave.
The news of the professor’s death, who was kidnapped about three weeks ago at his home in Ado-Ekiti, spread throughout town early Wednesday morning.
“Yes, the professor has been found dead, and we are doing everything possible to exhume the body for burial.
“However, we have arrested so many people, and you know the circumstances surrounding the incident, and we suspected insider’s 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 will 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.