FUTA deputy registrar shot dead

Gunmen have killed Amos Arijesuyo, deputy registrar of the Federal University of Technology, Akure (FUTA), Ondo state.

Arijesuyo, who was the head of guidance and counselling unit, students affairs division of the school, was shot dead in his private vehicle along Ilesha-Akure road on Saturday.

In a statement on Monday, Adegbenro Adebanjo, deputy director, corporate communications of the school, said the deceased was returning to Akure, the state capital, from a trip to Ibadan, Oyo state, when his vehicle ran into an ambush.

“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 5.30pm,” he said.

“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.”

FUTA commiserated with the family of the deceased and asked God to grant them the fortitude to bear the loss.