Lagos Police Update: Ayomide Adeleye Charged in Christianah Idowu Case
The Lagos State Police Command has confirmed that Ayomide Adeleye, who confessed to the murder of his friend and neighbor, Christianah Idowu, is currently in custody and has been charged with murder.
This clarification comes in response to reports suggesting that Adeleye was not being held in any Lagos correctional facility. The State Police Public Relations Officer, SP Benjamin Hundeyin, stated, “We can confirm that Ayomide Adeleye was charged with murder and was remanded for the same offense.”
Hundeyin further clarified that confusion arose due to another individual with the same name who had been remanded for a different offense and released in April 2024, prior to the commission of this crime. He emphasized the importance of relying on official sources for accurate information, cautioning against misinformation.
Adeleye, a 200-level Philosophy student at Olabisi Onabanjo University, confessed in September 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, where a remand warrant was issued, authorizing his detention at the Ikoyi Correctional Center pending advice from the Directorate of Public Prosecutions.
