The Kogi State Police Command has paraded four suspects in connection with the killing of Damilola Olowoyo, a 19-year-old 100 level student at the Federal University Lokoja, FUL, Kogi State.
The four suspects paraded are Jeremiah Paul, Emmanuel Otitoju, Banabas Olugbenga and Ajayi Basit Ayomide.
Parading the suspects at the Police headquarter in Lokoja on Friday, the Police Public Relations Officer PPRO SP William Ovye Aya noted that the prime suspect, Jeremiah Paul, lured the deceased to the bush and killed her for money ritual.
Narrating how Paul was arrested, Aya said, “There was a complaint to the Commissioner of Police about the disappearance of Damilola Orowoyo, a 100 level student in the department Biological Science, Federal University Lokoja.
“The Commissioner of Police swung into action and assigned the matter to the State Intelligence Department. The operatives swung into action immediately and started working on the phone of the deceased since it could not be reached. With the help of the technical unit at the Force Headquarters, we were able to apprehend Jeremiah Paul in connection with the case.
“The suspect actually confessed to us that on 4th of September 2024, he met the deceased Damilola and lured her to the bush. At first, he pretended that he liked her. When she accepted, he took her to an apartment. Before then, he gave the deceased a drink. Unknown to her, inside the drink, he has put some codeine
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