The news of killing, by yet to be identified killers, of one of brilliant professors at the University of Ibadan, Opeyemi Isaac Ajewole, has been received by His Eminence Alhaji Muhammad Sa’ad Abubakar, CFR, mni, the Sultan of Sokoto.
In his reaction to the unfortunate incidence, Sultan Abubakar, who reacted in his capacity as Chancellor of the University of Ibadan, in statement issued by the Secretary to the Sultanate Council, Alhaji Sa’idu Maccido,
said there could be no raison d’etre for the killing he described as saddening and ‘very highly condemnable’.
According to him, “We learnt about the brutal killing of one of our professors at the University of Ibadan. As Chancellor of the university, I condemn the killing while also condoling the family of the late professor and the university community.
“We express our sadness for losing such an ingenious don and the originality that he had been able to contribute to quality of education and knowledge service delivery at the university during his lifetime.”
In the meantime, Sultan Sa’ad Abubakar has called on the Nigerian Police Force and other security agencies to unravel circumstances surrounding the gruesome murder and fish out for prosecution, all that are involved in it, for justice to take its course.
