A female lecturer with the Federal University of Technology (FUT), Minna, Niger State, Dr. Mrs. Adefolalu Funmilola, was reportedly found on Sunday morning dead in her room with her throat slit in the Gbaiko Area of Minna, according to Vanguard.
The deceased was said to be an Associate Professor in the institution’s Department of Biochemistry, awaiting to be promoted to a full Professor before this year runs out.
Members of the church where the deceased attended discovered her lifeless body when they went to visit her home since she did not attend church service and they could not get her on the phone either.
According to an eyewitness, the church members had to force her door open when didn't respond to their knocks on her door but they sensed she was indoors.
The eyewitness said, “When members of her Church went to her residence, they sensed she could be in and had to force her door open only to see her in a pool of blood.
“She was found with her throat slit and knives found beside her.”
Meanwhile, the Chairman of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) of the institution, Dr. Bolarin Gbolahan, who confirmed the sordid incident to newsmen, lamented the rate at which academics are now being targeted for attacks.
He said, “It is strange that Academics are now becoming an endangered species. Our members are being kidnapped almost every week at Keffi now. we can not sleep in peace again in our homes in Minna.”
The Niger State Police Command’s Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), DSP Wasiu Abiodun, also confirmed the incident.
DSP Abiodun said two blood-stained knives were recovered from the scene of the incident, adding that the police have commenced an investigation into the incident.