Kogi State Police Command has confirmed the arrest of a 100-level Biology student of the Federal University Lokoja, Jeremiah Paul, over the death and dismembering of a female colleague, Abigail Damilola.
The suspect, who is an indigene of Kaduna State, confessed to kidnapping Damilola, demanding N400,000 ransom from her family, and subsequently killing her.
It was gathered that Jeremiah took Damilola to an uncompleted building, where he abruptly ended her life after receiving the ransom.
Several vital organs of the deceased, such as tongue, buttocks, private parts and others were said to be missing by the time the body was found.
Paul still proceeded to contact the deceased’s family again, demanding an additional N10m.
The police were able to track him down.
During interrogation, Jeremiah claimed he acted alone and denied cutting off any parts of Damilola’s body, despite the police findings.
He stated that he killed her because she had seen his face and he didn’t want her to escape and expose him.
William Aya, Spokesman of the state police command confirmed the incident.
He said, “The case of a missing person was reported to the police and our officers swung into action, leading to the arrest of the suspect, Jeremiah Paul, a 21-year-old 100-level student of Federal University, Lokoja.
“He was arrested on Wednesday and when interrogated, he said he kidnapped the girl on Sept. 4.
“The suspect said he kidnapped her and demanded a ransom of N400,000 from the parent.”
According to him, after collecting the money, he strangled the girl and mutilated her body. He then buried her body in the Lokoja area. Yesterday, Wednesday, he led the police to the scene where he buried the girl.
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