Kidnapped Ondo varsity professor found dead

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A professor in the Department of Mathematical Science, Ondo State University of Science and Technology (OSUSTECH), Okitipupa, Ondo State, Gideon Okedayo, who was kidnapped on September 5 along Auchi road in Edo State, has been found dead.

Chairman of the Joint Action Committee of Staff Unions of OSUSTECH, Temidayo Temola, disclosed this to journalists on Tuesday.

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Mr Temola had first broken the story of the professor’s kidnap.

Okedayo’s decomposing body was found on Monday in the bush where his abductors held him.

Police in Edo had earlier said it had recovered Okedayo’s official vehicle, a Toyota Corolla car.