28th February, 2024
By Abiodun Lawal
A 29-year-old man Jamiu Salihu has been arrested over the murder of one 20-year-old, Miss Temitope Elemide, believed to be his girlfriend in Odeda Local Government Area of Ogun.
The remains of Elemide who was preparing for the next Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) were discovered on Sunday at her family residence at Bosero community, Olodo, in the local government.
However, the spokesperson for the Ogun Police Command, SP Omolola Odutola, told journalists on Wednesday in Abeokuta that the incident which was reported to the police on Sunday was a murder case.
He said Elemide’s boyfriend had been arrested in connection with the murder.
“There was a suspected murder report on Feb. 25, from Odeda that a lifeless body of Elemide was seen inside the room stabbed with a knife on her head and body.
“There is one Jamiu Salihu, 29 yr-old boyfriend, who is suspected to have committed the heinous crime. He was (allegedly) seen coming out from the bush on the said day of the crime,” she said.
Odutola said one knife, two iron rods, and one android techno phone were recovered as exhibits.
She added that the body of the victim had been deposited in the morgue. (NAN)(www.nannews.ng)
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