An official of the National Examination Council, NECO, identified as Vincent Odinko, was reportedly gunned down by unidentified gunmen during an attack on the staff quarters of the University of Ibadan.
It was gathered that Odinko, who resided in the boys quarters was killed, while his personal items, which included a phone and a laptop were carted away.
The gunmen, it was learnt, broke into the BQ of a staff building where Odinko lived with his family.
Odinko was working with the Senior Secondary School Certificate Examination Internal Unit, Ibadan branch of NECO.
The police are yet to give detail of the incident as of the time of filing this report.
Confirming the news to an NPO Correspondent via text message, the Oyo State Police Public Relations Officer, Adewale Osifeso, said investigations had commenced to discover the detail of the incident.
“Investigations have Commenced into the matter. Updates would be provided accordingly, please,” Osifeso responded
Gunmen had attacked two different hostels in 2019 within an interval of one month.
First was an invasion into the Awolowo Hall, a female hostel in the institution in July 2019.
In August, gunmen suspected to be armed robbers also attacked Abdulsalami Abubakar Hostel, a post graduate hostel, occupied by both male and female graduate students in the school.
Items stole from the students included mobile phones, laptops and cash.
Speaking about the invasion, the Director of Public Communication, University of Ibadan, Mr. Tunji Oladejo, said the university is not immune to the prevailing security situation in the country.
According to him, “I can confirm to you that the robbery story is true. We have reported the matter to the police. They did their best.
“The Abdulsalami Abubakar Hall is a post graduate hostel for both male and female. Those who perpetrated the incident knew the terrain because they did not go to the male hostel. We are still investigating the matter.
“UI is not immune to the security situation in the country. We don’t know how they came in. The security officials did their best even though the robbers injured some of our students.”