Thursday, July 17, 2025 - The Ondo State Police Command has arrested a landlord and two others for the kidnap and m8rder of two undergraduates of the Adekunle Ajasin University, Akungba Akoko (AAUA), Abah John Friday, 25 and Okah Andrel Eloho,19.
The Ondo Police Commissioner, CP Adebowale Lawal, disclosed
this while briefing journalists in Akure, the state capital, on Wednesday, July
16, 2025.
The lifeless body of Okah was later found last
week, three weeks after their abduction, at a border community between
Ekiti and Ondo States while efforts are ongoing to recover the remains of the
male victim, who is believed to have been dumped in a river by an accomplice
still at large.
The police boss said Friday Abah's landlord, Oladele Femi,
confessed to masterminding the plot and aiding the concealment of the
m8rders.
The police commissioner noted that N800,000 was withdrawn
from Mr Abah’s account while in captivity, while the female student was r3ped.
They were k!lled after the Okah unmasked the identity of one
of the abductors in order to prevent the exposure of their evil act.
“Following a petition dated 24 June, 2025, submitted by G.O.
Omoedu & Co., Legal Practitioners, on behalf of one Mr. Emmanuel Peter of
Shagari Village, Akure, Ondo State, the Command launched an intensive
investigation into the reported abduction of his younger brother, one Abah John
Friday, 25, and his friend, Okah Andrel Eloho, 19, both students of Adekunle
Ajasin University, Akungba-Akoko—who went missing on 20 June, 2025," the
CP stated.
“Upon receipt of the complaint, detectives from the
Anti-kidnapping swung into action. Forensic tracking led investigators to
Computer Village, Ikeja, Lagos, where an iPhone 14 Pro Max belonging to one of
the victims was recovered from one Abdul Mohammed Mubarak, 38.
“Mubarak confessed to purchasing the phone from one Ojo
Michael, whose arrest was subsequently effected in Aramoko-Ekiti. A Lexus RX
350 vehicle belonging to the victims was also recovered at the point of
arrest.
“Under interrogation, Ojo Michael confessed to participating
in the robbery, abduction, and eventual murder of the victims. He further
disclosed that the operation was masterminded by one Oladele Femi ‘m’—the
landlord of the male victim—who allegedly engaged him (Michael) and another
accomplice (identified as “Kola”, currently at large) to carry out the crime.
Investigations revealed that the sum of N800,000 was transferred from the
victim’s account during their captivity.
"Michael also admitted to raping the female victim. Upon
recognising him and unmasking his identity, she was executed along with her
friend to prevent them from exposing the perpetrators. Their bodies were
subsequently disposed of at separate locations between Agbado and Ode-Ekiti,”
the commissioner said.
Mr Lawal said Mr Femi was arrested and during interrogation,
confessed to initiating the plot and aiding in the concealment of the m8rders.
“Acting on this confession, detectives recovered the body of
the female victim in a bush near Ode-Ekiti, and it has since been deposited at
the General Hospital Mortuary for autopsy,” the commissioner further stated.
“Efforts are ongoing to recover the remains of the male
victim, who is believed to have been dumped in a river by an accomplice still
at large,” he said.
Mr Lawal described the case as a tragic reminder of the
brutality of premeditated crimes and the devastating consequences of betrayal
and greed, noting that the victims, young and promising undergraduates, were
senselessly raped and murdered in cold blood
He assured that efforts are ongoing to apprehend the
remaining suspect at large, recover the remains of Abah John Friday, and bring
all responsible parties to justice.
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