06/09/2024
How OOU student Ayomide Adeleye k!lled friend Christianah Idowu then demanded ransom from her family
More details have emerged in the m¥rder of Christianah Idowu by her friend and church member Ayomide Adeleye.
Ayomide, a 200 Level Philosophy student of the Olabisi Onabanjo University (OOU), Ogun State, confessed on Monday, September 2, to killing Christianah Idowu, a 300 Level student of the Federal University of Agriculture, Abeokuta (FUNAAB).
Christianah had gone missing on August 19 while on her way from Ita Oluwo to the University of Lagos in Yaba where she was undergoing industrial training (IT).
Ayomide, 23, was arrested on Sunday, September 1, after troops of the 174 Battalion of the Nigerian Army tracked Christianah Idowu’s phone to his residence in the Ikorodu area of Lagos State.
Ayomide denied knowledge of Christianah's whereabouts and claimed he was a phone repairer. He said unknown persons gave him the phone to repair and he asked no questions.
In this report by the Foundation For Investigative Journalists (FIJ), the timeline of Christianah's m$rder and the subsequent attempt to extort her family was explained.
Christianah and Ayomide knew each other as they both schooled in Ogun State, attended the same church and lived in the same Ita Oluwo community.
"On that Sunday, the girl who normally goes to UNILAG on weekends to return home on Friday left her house as usual,” an insider told FIJ.
"While on her way, it began to rain, so she took cover in Ayomide (Adeleye)’s family’s shop which was just outside his house.
"The boy narrated everything in custody. She only wanted to stay out there for a while and head back to her destination, but he invited her into his house when the rainfall became intense."
While in his house, Ayomide attempted to have int£rcourse with her but she resisted, so he k!lled her.
At 8:50 pm on the same day, he used Christianah's phone to text her mother via WhatsApp, saying: "Hello Madam, you have such a beautiful daughter. How much are you willing to pay to see her again? We have her in our custody."
Ayomide then took a photo of Christianah, who was de@d already and sent it to her mother on WhatsApp using the view once feature.
He propped up her face with his hand while snapping the photo to hide the fact that she was de@d already.
After sending the picture, he demanded N3 million ransom and gave her a 24-hour deadline before "We off your pikin, sell her part."
Ayomide added in the WhatsApp message, "We don k!dnap your pikin, madam. No be only your pikin de here."
For over a week, Ayomide pretended to be a man from northern Nigeria as he negotiated with the family via WhatsApp.
He later said he was willing to accept N400,000 if it was sent quickly.
On August 21, he told the Idowu family that he was involved in 0 rgan harvesting and he had no qualms k!lling her and selling her parts if they didn't pay the ransom.
He wrote, "My one and only job is to get people, young and healthy people, majorly between the age 18-40, and your daughter is very well in that age bracket.
"Now, you may ask; why are we requesting for ransom? If there is no demand for 0 rgans yet, we reach out to the families of the people we have. If they meet our demands, we set them free. If they don’t, we keep them healthy those in charge of harvesting are in need, and by the way, they are always in need."
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