300-level OOU student arrested for Cristiana Idowu’s murder in Lagos

The Nigerian Army has confirmed the arrest of Adeleye Ayomide, for allegedly killing a 300-level student of the Federal University of Agriculture, Abeokuta, Ogun State, Idowu Christiana.

Recalled that in our earlier post, we reported that Christiana was abducted between Ikorodu and Yaba in Lagos State on Monday, August 19, 2024.

It was also reported that the family was able to negotiate ransom from N3m to N350,000, but Christiana was not released.

The spokesperson, 81 Division Nigerian Army, Lt-Col. Olabisi Ayeni, confirmed Ayomide’s arrest on the telephone on Thursday.

Ayeni said the suspect was arrested by men of the 174 Battalion, saying, “Yes. I am aware about the issue. We arrested him and the 9 Brigade Nigerian Army will be handing him over to the Lagos State Police Command; so you can liaise with them for further information.”

Christiana’s death has continued to attract reactions from concerned Nigerians, especially users of the social media platform, X (formerly Twitter).

Checks on X by our correspondent revealed that some users had pointed accusing fingers at Ayomide for Christiana’s death.

The hashtag #JusticeForChristiana is one of the top trends on Nigeria’s X domain, with over 90,000 posts as of the time of filing this report.

An X user, Tommy, tweeting as #Tommyjr277, in early Thursday, stated, “Our friend, Christiana is dead, a Funaabite; she was abducted by this Ayomide, a student of Philosophy in OOU, Ogun State. We want justice for our friend. The suspect is reportedly at 174 Battalion in Ikorodu. We demand justice. He must face the wrath of the law.”

One tweep, Man of Letters, with the username #Letter_to_Jack, affirmed that the suspect was held at the 174 Battalion of the Nigerian Army in Ikorodu, Lagos State.

He also noted that Ayomide confessed to the deceased’s father and the military operatives to have killed and buried the victim.”