The Nigeria Police Force has confirmed the arrest of Ayomide Adeleye, a 23-year-old suspect, in connection with the brutal murder of Idowu Christianah, a 300-level student at the Federal University of Agriculture, Abeokuta (FUNAAB), Ogun State.
Christianah was allegedly abducted along the Ikorodu-Yaba Road in Lagos in August. The suspect, Ayomide Adeleye, is a 200-level Philosophy student at Olabisi Onabanjo University (OOU) in Ogun State.
The case gained public attention when social media users began trending the hashtag #JusticeForChristianah on X, formerly Twitter, demanding swift prosecution of the suspect. Many netizens also suggested that Ayomide may have been involved in the deaths of his ex-girlfriend in 2018 and his biological sister in 2020 under similarly suspicious circumstances.
The Lagos State Police Spokesperson, Benjamin Hundeyin, confirmed Ayomide’s arrest in a statement on X, accompanied by a picture of the suspect in handcuffs. He revealed that the suspect was handed over to the police by the Nigerian Army on Thursday afternoon.
“23-year-old Ayomide Adeleye has been handed over to @LagosPoliceNG by 9 Brigade @HQNigerianArmy. The handover took place today, September 5, 2024, at about 1400hrs. Investigation is ongoing,” the statement read.
The police have assured the public that investigations are actively underway to uncover further details surrounding the case.
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