Police Arrest 23-year-old Suspect In Connection With Murder Of Ogun University Student, Christianah

The Nigeria Police Force has apprehended a 23-year-old suspect, Ayomide Adeleye for the murder of Idowu Christianah.

Naija News reports that Idowu, who was a a 300-level student of the Federal University of Agriculture, Abeokuta, (FUNAAB), Ogun State, was abducted along the Ikorodu-Yaba Road, Lagos, in August by the suspect.

Adeleye is said to be a 200-Level Philosophy student at Olabisi Onabanjo University (OOU) in Ogun State.

Netizens had started trending hashtag #JusticeForChristianah on X to demand the immediate prosecution of the suspect.

Many tweeps also suggested that Ayomide may have been involved in the deaths of his ex-girlfriend in 2018 and his biological sister in 2020 under alleged similar circumstances.

Reacting, in a short statement issued on X while sharing the picture of the suspect being handcuffed, the Lagos State Police Spokesperson, Benjamin Hundeyin, confirmed his arrest.

The police said the suspect was handed to them by the Nigerian Army on Thursday afternoon, adding that an investigation was ongoing on the matter.

The police wrote, “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. Investigationis ongoing.”