A lecturer in Adamawa State Polytechnic, Yola, identified as Yohanna Bzegu, was in the early hours of Thursday shot dead by some unidentified armed men.
The lecturer who was shot in his residence, at Bajabure, behind Anglican Junior Seminary, a satellite town on the outskirts of Yola, the State capital, was a lecturer with the Department of Mechanical Engineering at the Adamawa State Polytechnic, Yola,
According to a family source, the assailants shot the deceased on the chest and watched him die.
Meanwhile, his wife watched helplessly when they (assailants) broke into the house.
A source who spoke to our correspondent, said the attackers gained entrance into the late lecturer’s house around 3am, adding that it is the fifth attempt by the assailants on his residence.
He explained, “They fired shots through the window; later they broke the door and shot him in the chest until they confirmed he was dead.”
Suleiman Nguroje, the spokesperson for the State Police Command, while confirming the incident, said that Sikiru Akande, the commissioner of Police, directed for immediate investigation with a view to apprehending the culprits.
He gave the order when he visited the residence of the deceased.
