A lecturer at the University of Maiduguri, Dr Kamar Abdulkadir, was stabbed to death in his office on Sunday.

The deceased was of the Department of Physical Health Education.

Confirming the incident, the University spokesman, Prof Danjuma Gambo, said the lecturer was murdered on Sunday evening.

He said no arrest had been made but police and other security agencies have lunched their investigation into the matter.

Our correspondent gathered that Abdulkadir was in his office to clear a pending work when the assailants murdered him.

Asked if his murder has any connection with position as exams officer, the spokesman said, “The University management has allowed the police and other security agencies to conclude their investigation, and certainly they would give a report on what actually happened and why”.

Speaking to Daily Trust, a lecturer in the faculty said the deceased took advantage of the Easter holiday to tidy up some work on his table when the assailants crept in and murdered him.

“He was brutally murdered with knife and hammer, leaving him in the pool of his blood. They also escaped with his car and some other valuables. However, many people are attributing the murder to the position held as the faculty examination officer,” he added. (Daily Trust, excluding headline)