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By ABIODUN LAWAL
The police have arrested one Jamiu Salihu, 29, a suspected boyfriend of a 20-year-old university admission seeker, Miss Temitope Elemide, who was killed in Odeda Local Government Area of Ogun.
SP Omolola Odutola, the State Police Spokesman, confirmed the development to newsmen on Wednesday in Abeokuta.
Odutola described the incident as a murder case which was reported to the police on Sunday.
The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) gathered that the victim was murdered on Sunday at her family residence at Bosero community, Olodo, in Odeda council area.
Elemide was preparing for the next Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) before the incident.
The police spokesperson explained that 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)
