Kidnapped OAU professor, Adegbehingbe regains freedom

The Osun State Police command has confirmed the release of the abducted lecturer of Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile Ife, Prof Yinka Adegbehingbe.

Professor Adegbehingbe, a lecturer in the Department of Orthopaedic Surgery in the university, was abducted on Sunday May 5, 2019.

He was kidnapped by suspected gunmen at Apomu town along the Ife-Ibadan expressway on his way to Ife.

But, his release has now been confirmed in a statement by the spokesperson of the force command in Osun state, Mrs. Folasade Odoro to NAN on Tuesday.

Odoro said that the academic was released on May 6 but gave no further details on the release.