The Lagos State Police Command has addressed circulating reports regarding Ayomide Adeleye, confirming that the 200-level Philosophy student remains in custody on a murder charge for killing his friend and neighbor, Christianah Idowu......Read The Full Article>>.....Read The Full Article>>
The clarification was made by the State Police Public Relations Officer, SP Benjamin Hundeyin, in response to misleading reports suggesting that Adeleye was not being held in any correctional facility.
In his official statement, Hundeyin affirmed, “We can confirm that Ayomide Adeleye was charged with murder and remanded for the same offence.” He further explained that there was confusion due to another individual with the same name who had been remanded for a separate offence and released in April 2024, long before Adeleye’s crime took place.
Hundeyin also pointed out the importance of accurate reporting and urged the public to rely on official statements. “An outfit that prides itself on investigation should live up to its name. Relying on ‘sources’ rather than the spokesperson of the Correctional Service would land you in this kind of misinformation,” he said.Adeleye, who is a student at Olabisi Onabanjo University, confessed in September to the murder of Idowu, a 300-level student at the Federal University of Agriculture, Abeokuta, Ogun State. He reportedly killed Idowu, who was his close friend and neighbor.
Following his confession, He appeared before Magistrate Seyi Omodara at the Ogba Magistrate Court on November 5. The magistrate issued a remand warrant, allowing Adeleye to be detained at the Ikoyi Correctional Center while awaiting legal advice from the Directorate of Public Prosecutions.
