We Killed FUTA Ex-VC In His Sleep – Domestic Staff

Domestic aides of former Vice-Chancellor of
the Federal University of Technology, Akure
(FUTA), Prof Albert Ilemobade, have told the
police how they sneaked into his bedroom at
night and took his life. According to the
police, the two men, the driver and the
gateman, slaughtered Ilemobade last Monday,
dumped his body in his car park.

They also poured diesel on the body and
fled in his car. The suspects, identified simply
as Yemi and Daniel, had made the crime to
look like a kidnap. The family of Ilemobade
expected the supposed kidnapers to call for
ransom but to no avail. In order to make it
easier for the supposed abductors, the family
and church members were sending text
messages to Ilemobade’s mobile phone
numbers so that they could be reached.

However, his body was dis-covered yesterday
in his car park in Akure, the Ondo State
capital, after he was allegedly slaughtered by
his driver and the gateman. The former VC
was declared missing last Monday after he
could not be found in his bedroom. Efforts
to locate him proved abortive.

The thinking was that he had been
kidnapped alongside his driver and gateman
until the men were arrested yesterday by the
police in Ogun State. Giving details of how
the body was found, Venerable Ayodeji
Fagbemi, who spoke for the family, said
some policemen from Ogun State called him
after the church service yesterday that he
should come to the house of the Ilamobades
at Ijapo. Being the head of the church,
which the former VC attended, he rushed
there only to find out that both the driver
and the gateman were there to lead the
policemen to the place where the remains
were kept.

According to him, Yemi and Daniel confessed
that they killed Ilemobade and poured diesel
on his body so that the odour of the
decomposing body would not be detected on
time. He said the policemen had removed the
remains to the mortuary for further
investigation. A police source said the
suspects were apprehended while trying to
sell the car of the deceased in Ogun State.

The Ondo State Police Public Relations
Officer (PPRO), Wole Ogodo, said some
people were arrested in connection with
Ilemobade’s death. He, however, said the
details would be made known today.