The Lagos State Police Command on Thursday, 05, September, 2024 confirmed the arrest of one Adeleye Ayomide, 23, who is accused of killing Idowu Christiana, a 300-level student of the Federal University of Agriculture, Abeokuta, Ogun State.
The Police Spokesperson, Benjamin Hundeyin stated this in a message he shared on his X handle, confirming that the suspect has been handed over by the Nigerian army.
He 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. Investigation is ongoing”.
The spokesperson, 81 Division Nigerian Army, Lt-Col. Olabisi Ayeni had earlier confirmed Ayomide’s arrest. According to Ayeni, the suspect was arrested by men of the 174 Battalion.
“Yes. I am aware about the issue. We arrested him and the 9 Brigade Nigerian Army will be handing him over to the Lagos State Police Command today, so you can liaise with them for further information.” He had said.
Information from reliable sources disclosed that the deceased who was on her industrial attachment had sought shelter at Ayomide’s place when it started raining, which resulted into a homicide and then a staged abduction with a ransom demand.
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.
It was also gathered that while in his house, Adeleye attempted to take advantage of his victim, but she resisted. He then killed her.
Other information flying online shows that Adeleye attends same church with Christiana and that they knew each other from the school they attended in Ogun state.
An X (Twitter) user identified as Man of letters ( #Letter to_Jack) also noted that Ayomide confessed to the deceased’s father and the military operatives to have killed and buried the victim.
Parts of his tweets read; “Armed by this information, operatives began investigation into the suspect whom they observed to have a mutual relationship with Christiana Idowu, especially judging by Instagram posts as they both commented on each other’s pages. With all these 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. Operatives then got confirmation of his presence in the building through active tracking of his mobile device. Immediately, gallant personnel of the Nigerian Army 174bn swooped in on the suspect to conduct an arrest. After the arrest, damning evidence were seen with the suspect and this includes the victim blue ITEL A56 with IMEI:35230**.”
According to a recent internet posting, Ayomide has murdered three women in his life and has been labeled a serial murderer. In 2018, Ayomide allegedly killed his girlfriend. In 2020, Ayomide allegedly murdered his sister. In 2024, Ayomide allegedly murdered Christiana.
