The Ondo State Police Command has arrested one Olubodun Sanni, a remaining yr scholar within the Geology division of the Adekunle Ajasin College, Akungba Akoko, for killing a fellow scholar of the establishment, Ifeoluwa Adekunle.
Adekunle, a 300-level scholar within the Division of Economics, was present in a pool of her blood two weeks in the past, in her house situated off-campus of the establishment.
She was allegedly stabbed to loss of life in her room by the assailant, who additionally took her iPhone away. Since then the police had been on the path of the suspect.
Parading the suspect on the police headquarters in Akure, on Tuesday, the state capital, the state Commissioner of Police, Mr Abayomi Oladipo mentioned the suspect allegedly stole the deceased’s cellphone after killing her.
In accordance with the police boss, the suspect was arrested by means of trendy know-how which was used to trace the stolen cellphone to the 21-year-old suspect.
He mentioned, “One of many few achievements we need to showcase is the arrest of a homicide suspect concerned within the killing of a scholar of AAUA. On 2nd of February, 2024, a case of suspected homicide was reported to the Police that one Adekunle Adebisi Ifeoluwa ‘F’ aged 20yrs, a 300-level scholar of the establishment was present in a pool of blood at her off-campus hostel and was rushed to the college well being centre and later referred to a Specialist Hospital in Ikare Akoko the place she was confirmed lifeless.
“In the midst of an investigation, the police found that the deceased cellphone was lacking. The police by using trendy know-how traced the cellphone to at least one Olubodun Sanni ‘m’ aged 21yrs, a remaining yr scholar of the identical college who can be a neighbour to the deceased within the hostel.
“The recovered cellphone led to additional questioning of the suspect who gave particulars of what occurred in his confessional assertion, how he entered the deceased room, stabbed her within the chest with a knife, and stole her iPhone XR. ”
Oladipo mentioned the suspect would quickly be charged in court docket after finishing the investigation.