Decomposing body of lecturer discovered after his kidnap in Edo three months ago

The decomposing body of a lecturer of Agricultural

Economics at the Ambrose Ali University, Professor

Paul Erie, who was abducted by kidnappers on June

16 at about 7:45pm along Agbor-Uromi road, by

Igbanke village in Orhionmwon, Edo state, has been

found.

The state police spokesperson, Stephen Onwochei,

while confirming the recent development said 5

persons identified as Awulu Samson aka Saseki,

Lucky Owuadegbe, Jeremiah Amayo, Chucks Edobor

and Stephen Usiagwu have been arrested in

connection with the murder.

Onwochei said one of the arrested suspects led the

police to the shallow grave where they had buried

the professor after killing him.

"He (one of the suspects) volunteered and led

police pathologist, forensic experts, detectives,

family members and the press to a bush at

Igbanke village on October 1, 2015, at about 11pm,

where a shallow grave was identified and successful

exhumation of the suspected remains of Prof. Paul

A. Erie was carried out.

"Items recovered from the grave and scene are

consistent and suggestive that the remains are

indeed that of Prof. Paul A. Erie as identified by

family members.”he said

Unconfirmed reports say the suspects kidnapped

had killed the late professor and still demanded

for ransom from his family.