A lecturer with the Delta State University, Abraka, Prof. Richard Okorodudu has been sot dead by gunmen suspected to be kidnappers.
The suspected kidnappers were reported to have shot the lecturer at Ughelli while he was traveling in his Toyota Prado Jeep with registration number EKY 257 DJ and engine number – 2TR8641070.
The gunmen reportedly dragged the University don out of his vehicle after they intercepted him and went commando on him as they tried to force him into their car, a move which he resisted leading the suspected kidnappers to shoot him in the head and leg.
The kidnappers fled the scene with his vehicle after the shooting which left the University Don in a pool of his own blood.
The University lecturer was later rushed to an undisclosed hospital bearby where he is presently recuperating.
The family of the University don in reaction to the attempted kidnap and assassination has called on the Inspector General of Police, IGP Ibrahim Khotoun Idris to spread the news in order to facilitate the capture if the gunmen especially as the Univseristy’s lecturers have become preys to kidnappers.