200lvl student of OOU arrested for killing 300lvl IT student

Adeleye Ayomide, an undergraduate student from Olabisi Onabanjo University (OOU), has been arrested for the abduction and murder of Idowu Christianah, a fellow student.

The incident began on August 19, 2024, when Christianah was reported missing. Her abductors contacted her parents through her WhatsApp account, using the ‘view once’ feature to send photos of her in captivity, and demanded a ransom of ₦1.5 million. Christianah’s family managed to raise ₦350,000, which they transferred to a betting account as instructed.

Despite receiving the ransom, the kidnappers requested a copy of the sender’s bank statement, which was provided on August 23. However, all communication from the kidnappers ceased soon after.

Investigators discovered that part of the ransom money had been deposited into Christianah’s GTBank account, then withdrawn into a Wema Bank account linked to Adeleye Ayomide, a 200-level OOU student. On August 26, investigators began tracking the accounts, and by August 29, they found that the BVN linked to the betting account belonged to Ayomide. Before the betting company froze the account, Ayomide had already withdrawn ₦100,000. Evidence also showed that Ayomide and Christianah were connected through Instagram interactions.

Ayomide was arrested after investigators pieced together these findings.

Authorities tracked Adeleye Ayomide’s mobile device to his family home in Ikorodu, where military personnel from the 174 Battalion were deployed to arrest him. During the search of his phone, incriminating evidence was found, including Christianah’s phone, bank records linking him to the crime, and email exchanges between him and the victim’s family.

On September 3, 2024, Ayomide confessed to killing Christianah and burying her at his family home.

Further investigations suggest Ayomide may have been involved in the suspicious deaths of his ex-girlfriend in 2018 and his biological sister in 2020, under circumstances similar to those of Christianah’s case.