A professor in the Department of Mathematical Science, Ondo State University of Science and Technology, Okitipupa, Ondo State, Gideon Okedayo, who was kidnapped by unknown gunmen last week has reportedly died in captivity.
Temidayo Temola, chairman of Senior Staff Association of Nigerian University (SSANU) of the institution, confirmed the death of Okedayo to journalists on Tuesday.
Okedayo was kidnapped along Auchi road in Edo state on Thursday. The police later found the vehicle that was conveying him before his abduction.
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