Adeleye, a 200-level Philosophy student at Olabisi Onabanjo University, confessed in September to killing Idowu, a 300-level student at the Federal University of Agriculture, Abeokuta, Ogun State.
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The Lagos State Police Command has confirmed that Ayomide Adeleye, who admitted to murdering his friend and neighbour, Christianah Idowu, is in its custody and has been charged with murder.
The assurance came from the State Police Public Relations Officer, SP Benjamin Hundeyin, in response to claims that Adeleye was not being held in any Lagos correctional facility.
In a statement issued on Saturday, Hundeyin dismissed the reports as false and reaffirmed that Adeleye had been properly charged with murder and remanded at the Ikoyi Correctional Centre.
“We can confirm that Ayomide Adeleye was charged with murder and was remanded for the same offence,” Hundeyin said.
He further clarified that reports linking Adeleye to an earlier case involving another individual with the same name were misleading.
“It is also a fact that another person bearing the same name was remanded for a different offence and released in April 2024, long before the Ayomide we are talking about committed his offence,” he stated.
Hundeyin emphasized the importance of verifying facts through official sources, cautioning against relying on unverified reports.
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