A senior lecturer at the Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Obafemi Awolowo University (OAU), Ile-Ife, Prof. Olayinka Adegbehingbe, who was abducted on Sunday night has been released.
The professor and his wife, Bernice, were abducted on the Ibadan-Ife Road, Osun State.
They were returning from Lagos to Ile-Ife when they were stopped by unknown gunmen at Asejire, a community on the highway.
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The Osun State Police Command confirmed the abduction, but said the don’s wife was released by the abductors.
The police also denied reports of bandits’ attacks on travellers on the Ife-Ilesa road on Sunday evening.
A senior officer at the state police command, who preferred anonymity, said the kidnap of the OAU lecturer was mistaken for the alleged bandits’ attacks.
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The source said Mrs. Adegbehingbe was released before her husband was whisked away by the gunmen.
Mrs. Adegbehingbe is the Dean, Faculty of Clinical Sciences.
