Unidentified gunmen on Saturday killed a lecturer with the Department of Public Administration, at the University of Benin Edo state,Mr Maxwell Eseosa Aimuen, 33 years
It was gathered that Mr Aimuen was shot dead while driving into his compound in Isihor, Benin City, Edo State,
few hours after he parted with his friends at Ugbowo area
The gunmen shot him severally before fleeing the scene.The reason for his assassination is yet to be known, but some persons want the police to thoroughly investigate the incident as his killers did not collect anything after the criminal act.
The matter was immediately reported at the Ugbowo Police Division.
A colleague of the slain lecturer, MrEndurance Aigbe, described the assassination as “tragic.”
“I was with the deceased till 8 pm in the company of other friends where we both retired to our various houses.
“I was shocked to receive a call from his wife that he has been shot dead, and l quickly joined them up in the University of Benin Teaching Hospital, where the Doctor pronounced him dead. I am baffled”.
Contacted, the Public Relations Officer of the University of Benin, Dr Benedicta Ehanire, described the late Mr Maxwell as hardworking and dedicated university staff.
She called on security agents to unravel those behind the assassination.
He was engaged by the Institution in 2015 as a Graduate Assistant and now lecturer 11.
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