A 21-year-old final year student of Adekunle Ajasin University, Akungba Akoko, Ondo State, Olubodun Sanni, has been arrested for killing a 20-year-old 300 Level female student of the same school, Ifeoluwa Adekunle.
The Commissioner, Ondo State Police Command, Abayomi Oladipo, revealed this when he paraded the suspect.
At the parade on Tuesday, details of how Sanni, a final year student of the Geology Department of the university, killed Adekunle, of the Department of Economics, and the motive were unveiled.
Oladipo told newsmen: “One of the few achievements we want to showcase is the arrest of a murder suspect involved in the killing of a student of AAUA.
“On February 2, 2024, a case of suspected murder was reported to the police that one Adekunle Adebisi Ifeoluwa, ‘F’, aged 20 years, a 300-level student of the institution, was found in a pool of blood at her off-campus hostel and was rushed to the university health centre and later referred to a Specialist Hospital in Ikare Akoko where she was confirmed dead.
“In the course of investigation, the police discovered that the deceased’s phone was missing.
“The police through the use of modern technology traced the phone to one Olubodun Sanni, ‘m’, aged 21 years, a final year student of the same school who is also a neighbour to the deceased in the hostel.
“The recovered phone led to further questioning of the suspect who gave details of what happened in his confessional statement, how he entered the deceased’s room, stabbed her on the chest with a knife and stole her iPhone XR.”
