By Simon Ebegbulem

BENIN—PROFESSOR Anthony Edosomwan, a retired lecturer at Ambrose Ali University, AAU, who was abducted recently, has been found dead around Ogida Quarters, Benin, the Edo State capital.

The octogenarian, who was a former senior lecturer at AAU, was abducted in his Benin residence, penultimate Saturday.

An eyewitness said when the gunmen came, “they accosted the house maid and rushed to the professor’s living room, where he was relaxing. They ransacked the house, collected money and mobile phones before taking the Professor away with his Highlander SUV.”

Vanguard learned that the abductors later established contact with the wife, demanding N50 million ransom. Thereafter, the line went dead, until the family was informed that the dead body was sighted at a bush part around Upper Siluko Road, yesterday.

The body has been deposited at a mortuary by the Police, while the car was also recovered.

The state Commissioner of Police, Johnson Kokumo, noted that the incident occurred before he arrived the state and vowed, however, to get the suspects arrested.