OAU-Ife Lecturer, Dr. Deji Adejobi Shot Dead By Suspected Assassins.

The community of Obafemi Awolowo University – OAU, Ile-Ife was, yesterday, thrown into mourning after hearing news that a lecturer in the department of Agricultural Economics of the institution, Dr. Deji Adejobi, was killed by suspected assassins, on Tuesday night, at his residence located at The-Dawn area, near the Ife toll gate, in Ile-Ife, Osun State.

According to Adejobi’s gateman (names withheld), who recounted how the incident took place, the assailants trailed the deceased to his house at exactly 10:10 on Tuesday evening and shot him twice after shooting into the air to scare the residents of the community.

Also, one of the children of the late lecturer, Oyin Adejobi, in an emotion laden voice, narrated how her father was murdered in cold blood.

“As we finished our evening prayer at 10:05 pm, Daddy drove into the compound. Then I overheard an argument between the gateman and some strange people. I quickly looked from the window and I saw another black car that entered our compound together with Daddy’s car. Our gateman was querying the occupants of the other car but they hit him and ordered him to lie down.

“The men in the black car came out before daddy could alight from his car and one of them shot into the air. Two of them advanced to daddy’s car while others came inside. Grandma started begging those that came inside to spare our lives. Suddenly, we heard gunshot twice from the outside.

“The assailants left at 10:20 p.m and took daddy’s car away. I overheard daddy begging them that they should not take him away. When they left, we thought they took him away and we started praying for the safety of daddy without knowing that he had been killed. When the police came, they saw his lifeless body in the flower”, Oyin explained .

The younger brother of the deceased, Prince Olumuyiwa, is the Police Public Relations Officer PPRO for the Ogun State Police Command.