Gunmen have shot dead a senior lecturer at the University of Benin, Dr Godwin Omofonwa, the police have said. The incident was said to have happened in Evbuomore Quarters, Ugbowo, Benin City, the Edo state capital.
Commissioner of Police in the state, Babatunde Kokumo, said: “The command received a distress call about the activities of armed robbers at Evbuomore Quarters, Ugbowo, this morning. Policemen from Ugbowo and surrounding divisions were deployed to the scene to engage the robbers.
“In the ensuing gun battle, one of the marauders was shot dead while others escaped. Sadly, one Dr Godwin Omofunwa, a lecturer in the Department of Education, UNIBEN, died as a result of gunshot wounds he received from the robbers. The deceased’s three phones and another Nokia phone stolen from one Precious were recovered from the dead robber.”
The police chief listed some of the items recovered from the other suspects to include two cut-to-size guns, one single-barrel gun, one iron cutter, one live round and 12 expended cartridges and phones.
