Kidnapped FUNAAB student found murdered in Lagos

Christiana Idowu, a student of the Federal University of Agriculture, Abeokuta, Ogun State, recently kidnapped between Ikorodu and Yaba in Lagos State has been found.

She was murdered by her abductor and her remains found.

The Student Union Government president of FUNAAB, Ibrahim Adeyemi, said on the telephone on Thursday, “The Union can confirm that she was killed by her abductor. We will be addressing the matter soon.”

A source said the abductors had demanded N3m as a ransom before freeing her.

Christiana had left her home in the Itaoluwo area of Ikorodu heading to the University of Lagos in the Akoka-Yaba area of the state where she was observing her industrial training before she was abducted by the kidnappers.

The abductors were said to have reached out to the family through her telephone, demanding N3m ransom.

After appeals from the family, the abductors reportedly agreed to N350,000.

The family paid the amount, but the abductors refused to release her despite the payment.

Meanwhile, in a now-viral post on X, a user, @letter_to_jack disclosed that intelligence operatives had uncover the location of the abductor through the BVN and account details used in collecting ransom from the family.

The tweet read, “Investigation by intelligence operatives began on the 26th to unravel details of the account number.

“By the 29th, intelligence operatives had confirmation from the bank that the BVN linked to the masked Betting account allegedly belonged to the account owner (name withheld for now) who also operates the Wema Bank (account no withheld for now)

“Further investigation revealed that he was able to withdraw the sum of N100,000 from the betting account before agents got the betting company to lock the account.”

He added that the operatives traced the suspected abductor to a location in Ikorodu, Lagos State where the family of Christiana also reside.

“Armed by this information, operatives began an investigation into the suspect whom they observed to have a mutual relationship with Christiannah Idowu, especially judging by Instagram posts as they both commented on each other’s pages.

“With all this information at hand, the operatives began to track down his cell phone activities and text messages. The cell phone tracking led them to his parent’s house, somewhere in Ikorodu.”

The victim’s family members ignored efforts made to get them to talk in camera.

Also, the Lagos State Police Public Relations Officer, Benjamin Hundeyin, did not respond to messages sent to his WhatsApp line even after reading the messages.

He also ignored calls made to his mobile line.

.THE PUNCH