LASU Professor, Lai Oso dies in road accident

<p>“We didn’t sleep since that incident happened, the kidnappers demanded ransom, and we gave it to them. We tracked them to their hideout through the joint efforts of the security agencies and my men. We have apprehended eight of them, and we are still searching for the remaining two, who are the major kingpin,” he added.</p>, <p>Ajah, who spoke to newsmen in Abakaliki, the state capital, on Sunday, said Igwe’s wife was rescued unhurt after paying a ransom to the kidnappers.</p>, <p>An author of many scholarly publications, Oso is survived by his wife and children.</p>, <p>He noted that the kidnappers were tracked to their hideout and apprehended through the joint effort of security agencies.</p>, <p>He revealed that the arrested suspects are responsible for the various kidnapping incidents in the council area and vowed to mobilize security operatives to raid their hideout as a way to forestall further occurrences.</p>, <p>Oso died on Saturday evening when his car reportedly plunged into a river along the Ijebu axis of Ogun State.</p>, <p>Recall that the suspected kidnappers abducted the wife of the victim and slaughtered the father of Ohanaeze youth leader, Ajah Okeafor, who was harvesting yams on his farmland.</p>, <p>The council chairman of the Ivo Local Government Area of Ebonyi State, Mr Emmanuel Ajah, has confirmed the arrest of eight kidnappers who killed a staff of the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, Emmanuel Igwe, along Ishiagu-Mpu road last Sunday.</p>, <p>It was gathered that the academic was returning to Lagos from Delta State University (DELSU), where he was an external examiner at the Department of Mass Communication.</p>, <p>“The kidnappers who killed INEC staff last Sunday and abducted his wife, and also butchered the father of Ohaneze youth leader, Ajah Okeafor, have been arrested,” he said.</p>, <p>The Dean, Faculty of Communication and Media Studies, FCMS, Lagos State University, Professor Sunday Alawode, confirmed Oso’s death.</p>, <p>Renowned Mass Communication Professor at