The Lagos State Police Command has confirmed that Ayomide Adeleye, who confessed to the murder of Christianah Idowu, his friend and neighbor, is in custody and has been charged with murder.
In a statement addressing reports claiming Adeleye was not held in any Lagos correctional facility, the state Police Public Relations Officer, SP Benjamin Hundeyin, clarified the situation.
“We can confirm that Ayomide Adeleye was charged with murder and was remanded for the same offence,” Hundeyin said.
He further explained that the confusion likely stemmed from another individual with the same name who was remanded for a separate offence and released earlier in 2024.
“It is also a fact that another person bearing the same name was remanded for a different offence and released in April 2024, long before the Ayomide we are talking about committed his offence,” Hundeyin added.
The police spokesperson cautioned against relying on unofficial sources for sensitive information.
“An outfit that prides itself on investigation should live up to its name. Relying on ‘sources’ rather than the spokesperson of the Correctional Service would land you in this kind of misinformation,” he said.
Adeleye, a 200-level Philosophy student at Olabisi Onabanjo University, confessed in September 2024 to killing Idowu, a 300-level student at the Federal University of Agriculture, Abeokuta.
On November 5, he appeared before Magistrate Seyi Omodara at the Ogba Magistrate Court.
Following the hearing, a remand warrant was issued, directing the police to hold Adeleye at the Ikoyi Correctional Center while awaiting advice from the Directorate of Public Prosecutions.
