Bandits kill FUTA deputy registrar

The Deputy Registrar of the Federal University of Technology Akure, (FUTA ),  Dr Amos Arijesuyo, is dead following an attack by suspected bandits at Ilesa-Akure highway over the weekend. 

Arijesuyo, who worked at the Guidance and Counselling unit of the Students Affairs Department of the University, was said to have been attacked alongside his driver and one other unidentified person.

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He was said to have died in the hospital on Saturday from gunshots wound hours after the attack.

“How it happened”

A statement signed by the Deputy Director, Corporate communications of the university, Mr Adegbenro Adebanjo and made available to Daily Trust on monday said the sad incident occurred in the evening of Saturday January 16, 2021.

“Dr Arijesuyo was returning to Akure from a trip to Ibadan when his vehicle ran into an ambush laid by unknown gunmen who were operating on the road around 5.30 PM.

“The bandits shot sporadically at the vehicle targeting the five occupants. Unfortunately some of the bullets hit Dr Arijesuyo and the driver. The driver managed to drive the vehicle away from the scene of the attack and concerted efforts were made to seek immediate medical help.

“However Dr Arijesuyo succumbed to the fatal injuries from the gunshots he suffered during the hellish encounter while the driver is recuperating at a hospital.

“The University condemns in the strongest terms this senseless attack that has led to the untimely death of an erudite University administrator and counsellor per excellence. Dr Arijesuyo’s death is a big loss to FUTA , the academic community in Nigeria and beyond.

” It is a death that should not have happened in the first place. It is the hope of the management, staff and students of FUTA that security agencies will go after the evil men who carried out the dastardly act and make them face the full weight of the law and just recompense for their heinous crime.

“Our prayers and thoughts are with the wife, children and family members of our departed colleague at this difficult period of unquantifiable grief.  May the Good Lord grant them the fortitude to bear this irreparable and painful loss and grant the deceased eternal repose”, the statement said.