Father of slain FUNAAB student demands suspected killer whereabouts

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The father of Christiana Idowu, a 300-level student of the Federal University of Agriculture, Abeokuta, has appealed to Nigerians for help, lamenting that one year after her murder, the case against the alleged killer, 23-year-old Ayomide Adeleye, appears stalled.

PUNCH Online had reported in August 2024, that Christiana was abducted while travelling from her home in Itaoluwo, Ikorodu, to the University of Lagos, Yaba, where she was observing her industrial training.

The Lagos State Police Command later confirmed that the Nigerian Army handed over Adeleye, a 23-year-old philosophy student of Olabisi Onabanjo University, who confessed to killing Christiana after luring her to his home under the pretext of fixing her phone.

“I killed her because I had financial problems,” Adeleye was quoted as saying in his chilling confession.

The suspect also recounted strangling her and extorting N360,000 from her mother while pretending she was alive.

His arrest came after investigators traced his SportyBet account, where he uploaded his National Identification Number.

One year later, Idowu Oluwafemi, father of the deceased, has voiced his frustration over the lack of communication on the matter in a video obtained by PUNCH Online on Sunday.

“Hello Nigerians, I’m Mr. Idowu Oluwafemi, the father of Christiana Idowu, who was murdered by a friend.

“It’s getting to a year now and the boy was arrested in the police custody. I’ve not heard anything concerning the case,” he said.

Idowu described Christiana as a brilliant student and begged for public support.

“My daughter, she’s all that brilliant and I want you Nigerians to come to my aid. It’s a girl of 300 level in FUNAAB, and up to a year now I’ve not heard anything about a case.