The management of the Kwara state Polytechnic, Ilorin, on Thursday disowned two girls who claimed to be students of the institution arrested over the alleged murder of Adeniyi Ojo, the Managing Director of Water View Hotel in Ilorin, the state capital.
The deceased, was the son of Chief Emmanuel Ojo, a prominent figure in Ilorin.
A statement on Thursday in Ilorin by the Public Relations Officer of the institution, Alimat Garba, said “the attention of the Polytechnic Authorities has been drawn to a trending story and a video clip in which two ladies Joseph Joy Adama and Vandora Davies Oreoluwa, named in the alleged murder of a hotelier in Ilorin were erroneously identified as students of the Kwara State Polytechnic.
“Our database checks showed that the two ladies had since been withdrawn from the school after their first year on account of poor academic performances. They have therefore ceased being students of our great institution.
“The Polytechnic management states categorically that its students are good ambassadors of the institution, the state, and Nigeria at large, and will not be involved in shameful or criminal acts of any kind.
“We urge our media friends to always check with us anything that concerns our great institution,” the statement declared.
CRUX NEWS recalls that the Nigeria Police Force Public Relations Officer, Olumuyiwa Adejobi, while parading the two suspects, in Abuja on October 6,2023, said police operatives arrested the two students of Kwara state Polytechnic, Ilorin, for their involvement in the alleged robbery and murder of Adeniyi Ojo.
“Through meticulous investigative work, our officers were able to track and apprehend these suspects in Mowe Ibafo, Ogun state.”
He further disclosed that “in the tragic incident, the suspects tied the deceased under the guise of having a sex rump and demanded money from him.
“But when he was not forthcoming, they resorted to drugging and suffocating him, leading to his untimely demise,” the force PRO added.
Speaking with journalists, one of the suspects, Adama, said, “she had been in sexual relationship with the deceased and on that day, they went with the intention to steal from him, but when he was not succumbing, they drugged him and left with his phone and other valuables, only to discover that he had died later.”
