Dr. Mrs. Adefolalu Funmilola, a female lecturer at the Federal University of Technology, Minna, was discovered brutally murdered in her residence in the Gbaiko area on Sunday.
Funmilola, a lecturer from the Department of Biochemistry at the Federal University of Technology, Minna, was already an Associate Professor.
She was on the verge of being promoted to the rank of Professor, a milestone expected to be achieved before the year’s end, as the university’s Council was dissolved and set to be reconstituted.
The tragic revelation of her demise unfolded when members of her church visited her home and noticed her absence from the church service.
Concerned for her well-being, they decided to check on her at her residence. To their horror, they found Dr. Adefolalu Funmilola dead in her room.
An eyewitness revealed that upon realizing she might be inside her room, they had to forcefully open her door, where they found her lifeless, lying in a pool of blood with knives nearby. Her throat had been slit.
“When members of her Church go to her residence, they sense she could be in and have to force her door open only to see her in her pool of blood.
“She was found with her throat slit and knives found beside her,” the eye witness stated.
The state police command’s spokesman, DSP Wasiu Abiodun, confirmed the tragic event.
“0n 29/10/2023 at about 1000hrs, some friends of one Dr. Mrs. Funmilola Adefolalu, a lecturer at FUT Minna visited her residence in Gbaiko Area of Minna due to inability to get her on the phone and unfortunately, on getting to the house, the visitors met her lying in a pool of blood with marks of injury on her body.
“Two knives with blood stains suspected to have been used to stab her by unknown person(s) were recovered from the scene.
“The body was taken to IBB Hospital, Minna where she was confirmed dead. The unfortunate incident is under investigation,” he said.
