Nigeria’s Vice President, Sen. Kashim Shettima has commiserated with the family of late Prof. Opeyemi Ajowole, a renowned Professor of Social and Environmental Forestry, who was gunned down on Monday night in Ibadan by yet-to-be-identified assailants.
The Vice President stated this in a condolence message he personally signed on Tuesday, expressing shock over the killing of the late Professor.
While condoling with the family of the late Prof. Ajewole, and the University of Ibadan Master Class of 1990, the Vice President condemned the gruesome killing and his untimely death just days after personally congratulating him on his swearing-in.
Below is the text of the Vice President’s condolence message:
“I received today the shocking news of the death of Prof. Opeyemi Ajowole who was gunned down by yet-to-be-identified assailants.
“The late Opeyemi, a renowned Professor of Social and Environmental Forestry, was my classmate at the University of Ibadan and his untimely death just days after personally congratulating me on my swearing-in, came as a rude shock.
“I condemn the gruesome killing of Prof. Opeyemi and wish to express my deep condolences to his family and the University of Ibadan Master Class of 1990. I pray for the repose of his gentle soul,” the Vice President wrote.
Dominica Nwabufo
