Gunmen abduct varsity’s DVC

Prof. Olusoga Olusanya, the Deputy Vice-Chancellor of Tai Solarin University of Education, Ijebu-Ode, Ogun State, has been kidnapped.
Olusanya was on his way back from the Federal University of Agriculture, Abeokuta, also in Ogun State, when he was abducted by unknown gunmen on Monday evening.
He was said to have visited FUNAAB where he served as an external invigilator at the ongoing postgraduate examination when he was ambushed on a bad portion of the Sagamu/Ore Expressway.
The don was abducted alongside his driver, with the latter dropped by the abductors on the highway at Odogbolu.
Many of the institution’s principal officers were in distress over the development on Tuesday.
The news of the abduction of the DVC forced the university’s Senate to abruptly postpone its emergency meeting earlier scheduled for Tuesday.
TASUED’s Vice-Chancellor, Prof. Oluyemisi Obilade, said all she was after for now was the unconditional release of Olusanya.
“I’m begging them in the name of God to please release the man to return home safely and in good health,” Obilade said.
Also speaking on the development, TASUED’s branch Chairman of the Academic Staff Union of Universities, Dr. Akinsola Akinsanya, expressed worry over the development.
Akinsanya said rampant cases of abduction in recent times had further shown the level of insecurity in the country, adding that this must be addressed.
The driver of the kidnapped don is currently being interrogated at the Odogbolu Police Division.
The Ogun Police Public Relations Officer, DSP Muyiwa Adejobi, confirmed the development, adding that investigation had begun on the matter.
As at the time of filling this report, the kidnappers were yet to contact the family members.