Niger State Police command has confirmed that Dr Funmilola Adefolalu, a lecturer at the Federal University of Technology (FUT) Minna have been killed by suspected assailant.
This is contained in a statement by the command`s spokesman, DSP Wasiu Abiodun on Monday in Minna.
Mr Abiodun confirmed the victim was killed in her residence at kpaiko area of Minna on Sunday.
He stated “On Oct. 29, at about 1000hrs, some friends of Dr Funmilola Adefolalu, a lecturer at “FUT Minna visited her residence in Gbaiko Area of Minna due to their inability to get her on phone.
“Unfortunately on getting to the house, the visitors met her lying in a pool of her own blood with marks of injury on her body,”he said.
He confirmed that two knives with blood stain were recovered from the scene, suspected to have been used to stab her by unknown persons.
The spokesman noted that the body has been taken to the Ibrahim Babangida Specialist Hospital, Minna where she was confirmed dead.
He said that the police have commenced investigation into the incident.
