A three-hundred-level student of the Federal University of Agriculture, Abeokuta, Ogun State,Christiana Idowu, who was kidnapped between Ikorodu and Yaba in Lagos State has been reportedly murdered by her abductor.
The Student Union Government president of FUNAAB, Ibrahim Adeyemi, confirmed it on Thursday, 05, September, 2024
“The Union can confirm that she was reportedly killed by her abductor. We will be addressing the matter soon.”Adeyemi said
Punch Reports that on August 26, 2024, the abductors were demanding a sum of N3m as a ransom before they could release the student.
It was learnt that Christiana who was observing her Industrial training (IT) had left her home in the Itaoluwo area of Ikorodu heading to the University of Lagos in the Yaba area before she was kidnapped.
The abductors after a while, reached out to the family through her telephone, demanding for N3m to be paid as ransom before she could be released.
It was further disclosed that the family who could not provide the requested amount appealed to the abductors who later agreed that a sum of N350,000 be paid to a certain account, which the family paid, but the abductors refused to release her.
However, in a-viral post on X.com, a user, @letter_to jack revealed that intelligence operatives were able to uncover the location of the abductor through the BVN and account details used in collecting ransom from the family.
The tweet read, “Investigation by intelligence operatives began on the 26th to unravel details of the account number.
“By the 29th, intelligence operatives had confirmation from the bank that the BVN linked to the masked Betting account allegedly belonged to the account owner (name withheld for now) who also operates the Wema Bank (account no withheld for now)
“Further investigation revealed that he was able to withdraw the sum of N100,000 from the betting account before agents got the betting company to lock the account.”
“Armed by this information, operatives began an investigation into the suspect whom they observed to have a mutual relationship with Christiannah Idowu, especially judging by Instagram posts as they both commented on each other’s pages.
“With all this information at hand, the operatives began to track down his cell phone activities and text messages. The cell phone tracking led them to his parent’s house, somewhere in Ikorodu.”
It was learnt that police operatives in Lagos State said they are not “officially” aware of the kidnap and murder of a 300-level student of the Federal University of Agriculture, Abeokuta, Ogun State.
Lagos Police Spokesperson, Benjamin Hindeyin, on Thursday, informed Newsmen that the case was yet to be reported to their desk adding that he had contacted the military who has been handling the case from the onset.
‘’The military confirms that the suspect is with them and they will hand over very soon’’ Hindeyin said
Meanwhile, the gruesome death of the young lady is generating a buzz across social media platforms in the country, especially on X.com
Netizens are using the #JusticeForChristianah, including the Nigerian hip pop star, Ayra Starr, demanding justice for the late student.
Ayra Starr had posted “Stop killing us! Stop raping us! Women deserve better,”
Premium Times reports that an online Newspaper narrated how the suspect was located and arrested by the military on Sunday.
The online newspaper said that the 174 Batallion tracked the deceased’s phone to the suspect’s residence where they picked him up.
According to the medium, a 200-Level Philosophy student of the Olabisi Onabanjo University (OOU), Ogun State identified as Ayomide Adeleye is the prime suspect in the murder case.
It was said that the suspect confessed to have killed and buried her in a shallow grave in his compound after he made an attempt to rape her but she resisted.
