Albert
Ilemobade
Albert
Adeoye Ilemobade
(April 12, 1936 – June 22, 2015) was a Nigerian professor of Veterinary Medicine, educational administrator
and former Vice
chancellor of
Federal
University of Technology, Akure.[1] He served as Vice chancellor of the Federal
University of Technology, Akure for 7 years (from 1988 to 1995) before he
retired from the civil service in 1995.[2] He served as consultant to the World Health
Organization on
Tse-tse fly and Trypanosomiasis as well as consultant to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.[3] He was born in Ondo State in 1936 [4]
Abduction and death
Ilemobade
was kidnapped on June 22, 2015 by two of his domestic workers, Daniel Ita, his security
guard and Yemi Bamitale, his driver who had been sacked few months before the
incident.[5] The plot to murder him was hatched on June
21, by these housekeepers following a failed attempt by Ita, his driver to
sellhis Toyota SUV car.[6] On June 29, 2015, his decomposed body was
found in his residence at Ijapo estate in Akure, following a reminiscent
of the smell of his body decomposition.[7]
In
an interview with Thisday, Bamitale claimed that
Ilemobade was lured out of his house by Daniel, his gate-keeper under the
pretense of electric spark within the house and the University Don was strangled to death in front of the gate
where he lost the battle to the culprits.[8] Bamitale further stressed that they went
back into the house to loot the Professor's mobile phones, iPad, laptop, N7,000
and his Toyota SUV car.[9] The culprits, Bamitale and Ita left for Ogun State that night but was arrested by officers of
the Federal Road
Safety Corps
for driving with invalid vehicle documents but were later released after they
paid for the release of the vehicle.[10] They were apprehended in Ogun State in an
attempt to sell the vehicle by officers of the Ogun State Police Command who
were invited by the buyer of the car on the basis of the fact that the price
placed on the car by the culprit was suspicious and ridiculous.[11]
References
· "Abduct former FUTA VC found. Dead in his house".
Channels Television. Retrieved June 30, 2015.
· · "Decomposing body of former FUTA VC found in his
residence, says Police". The Guardian Nigeria. Retrieved June 30,
2015.
· · "Dead body of kidnapped ex-FUTA VC found in his
store".
Daily Post Nigeria. Retrieved June 30, 2015.
· · "Decomposed body of kidnapped FUTA VC Prof. Albert
Ilemobade". African Sportlight. Retrieved June 30, 2015.
· · "Decomposed Body Of Kidnapped FUTA VC Found Inside
Own House". Sahara Reporters. Retrieved June 30, 2015.
· · "Ex-FUTA VC, Professor Albert Ilemobade
Kidnapped". Radio Nigeria Ibadan. Retrieved June 30, 2015.
· · "Suspect: we killed Ex FUTA VC to sell his
Vehicle".
Thisdaylive. Archived from the original on July 2, 2015. Retrieved June 30, 2015.
· · "Metro - Ilemobade's "Kidnappers" to be
Paraded Today". Nigerian Bulletin. Retrieved June 30, 2015.
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