News Revealed:Festus Iyayi Was Shot By Policemen In Kogi's Governor Convoy

An anonymous tipster has confided in
online news
websiteSaharaReportersthat Festus
Iyayi, a former president of the
Academic Staff Union of Universities
(ASUU), was actually shot by policemen
in the convoy of the Kogi State
Governor, Captain Idris Wada, prior to
the road accident in which he
supposedly died last week. The source
claimed that the injuries found on the
late writer's chest were consistent with
gunshot injuries and that a bullet did
pierce his heart. One Dr. Paul Amodu of
the Specialist Hospital in Lokoja had
revealed that Professor Iyayi died after
"something" pierced his chest, but he
didn't specify what it was. It can be
recalled that it was revealed last week
said the popular professor and writer
died in a collision with a security
vehicle in Governor Wada's convoy.
Sources at ASUU said they had
dissuaded Iyayi's family from a
"rushed" burial, as they suspected foul
play. One of the sources recalled that
another former president of ASUU, Dr.
Mahmood Tukur, also died in
suspicious circumstances on the
Kaduna-Zaria highway, with the police
claiming he died of an asthma attack
because he ate pepper which, they
claimed, triggered it. Our source spoke
with Prof. Iyayi's son, Omole, regarding
the latest information, but he said the
family was unaware, and that they do
not even have the autopsy performed
yet. A press statement issued by the
Nigerian Medical Association (NMA)
signed by its President Osahom
Enabulele has previously called for a
special inquiry into Professor Iyayi's
death but the statement didn't say if
the doctors found that Iyayi may been
shot as alleged by the anonymous
source.