Police Launch Manhunt On Killers Of Final Year Student In Ondo

Twenty-four hours after a student of the Adekunle Ajasin University, Akungba-Akoko, Ondo State, Temitayo Ayodeji, was killed, the Ondo State Police Command said it had yet to arrest a suspect.

The deceased was allegedly stabbed to death on Thursday by suspected cultists, who were indigenous members of the community.

The family house of the prime suspect was razed, as students went on the rampage.

The state Police Public Relations Officer, Mrs Fumilayo Odunlami, said no arrest had been made in connection with the incident.

“Efforts are ongoing to arrest the suspects,” the PPRO stated.

Meanwhile, a source revealed that the deceased, who was a final-year student of the Physics Electronics Department of the university, was killed over N1,000.

He was said to have been stabbed to death at his off-campus residence in Ebenco, Akungba Akoko, in the Akoko South West Local Government Area of the state.

The source said, “He (deceased) was stabbed by the cultists after he refused to pay them the N1000 they demanded from him; he died on his way to a hospital.”

The President of the Students Union Government, Ogunsanmi Kolade, said efforts were going on to arrest the suspects.

Kolade said, “The perpetrators will be made to face justice.”