Some unknown gunmen have reportedly killed a Professor of Engineering at the University of Benin, Professor Paul Otasowie.
Confirming the development to newsmen, the Public Relations Officer of the university, Mr. Michael Osasuyi, said that the senior lecturer was shot dead by the armed men in front of his residence on Ekehuan road in Oredo Local Government Area of the state on Wednesday evening.
He further explained that the management of the institution cannot authoritatively tell if the incident is a failed kidnap attempt, an armed robbery or assassination.
But eyewitnesses say that the death of the learned scholar arose following a failed attempt kidnap before he was allegedly shot.
former director of the university’s Industrial Training and Student Industrial Work Experience Scheme.
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