A lecturer with the Department of Biochemistry, School of Life Sciences, Federal University of Technology (FUT) Minna in Niger State, Dr. (Mrs) Adefolalu Funmilola Sherifat was on Sunday found dead in her residence in the Gbaiko Area of the town.
She was found in her pool of blood with her throat slit and knives found beside her.
Her body has since been moved to the morgue by Police authorities.
According to the chairperson of the Academic Staff Union of University (ASUU) FUTMinna, Professor Gbolahan Bolarin the body of the late lecturer was discovered on Sunday morning when her church members traced her home after she was not seen during service
Some residents said after forcing the door to her house open, she was found in her pool of blood with her throat slit and knives found beside her. Police authorities later moved the body to the mortuary.
The spokesman of the Niger Police Command Wasiu Abiodun told Channels Television that further information about the incident would be communicated in due course.
According to some residents, the late varsity teacher’s husband – who was a professor in the same school – had passed on.
Until her death, she was staying with a female house help but laid off the girl on Friday, they added.
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