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Abducted University Lecturer Dies Few Hours After Release By Kidnappers(photo)

A lecturer with the Delta State University, Abraka, Prof. Ovaborhene Idamoyibo, who was released after N3m ransom was paid to his abductors is dead.

According to PUNCH, the deceased, who was Head of the Music Department was found unconscious after his abductors released him on Sunday following the purported payment of a ransom of N3m of the N50 million demanded.

Idamoyibo was then rushed to a private clinic for first aid treatment, but was referred to the Oghara Teaching Hospital on Monday after his condition did not improve.

The lecturer was said to have given up the ghost on the way to the Oghara Teaching Hospital and was pronounced dead on arrival by doctors.

The state Police Public Relations Officer, DSP Bright Edafe, confirmed the death of the professor.

Idamoyibo was kidnapped on April 9, 2022 by gunmen in Eku, in the Ethiope East Local Government Area of Delta State while returning to Abraka after a family meeting in Sapele.

He was released on Sunday night, but was found unconscious by those who went to pick him up. CONTINUE READING…

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