How 2 AAU students were kidnapped, killed by landlord — Police

Two undergraduates from Adekunle Ajasin University, Akungba Akoko (AAUA), Friday Abah and Eloho Okah, were abducted and killed by suspected kidnappers.

The students went missing on June 20, 2025, and a police investigation was launched after a petition was submitted on June 24, 2025.

The police tracked the suspects to Computer Village, Ikeja, Lagos, where an iPhone 14 Pro Max belonging to one of the victims was recovered from Abdul Mohammed Mubarak, 38.

Ojo Michael, a suspect, was arrested in Aramoko-Ekiti, and he confessed to participating in the robbery, abduction, and murder of the victims.

The operation was allegedly masterminded by Oladele Femi, the landlord of one of the victims, who engaged Michael and another accomplice to carry out the crime.

The female victim was raped, and both victims were killed after the female victim unmasked one of the abductors. N800,000 was withdrawn from Abah’s account during their captivity.

The body of the female victim was later recovered in a bush near Ode-Ekiti, and efforts are ongoing to recover the remains of the male victim.

While speaking with newsmen in Akure on Wednesday, the Ondo State Commissioner of Police, Adebowale Lawal, confirmed that the students were declared missing on June 20, 2025.

He said: “Following a petition dated 24 June, 2025, submitted by G.O. Omoedu & Co., Legal Practitioners, on behalf of one Mr. Emmanuel Peter of Shagari Village, Akure, Ondo State, the Command launched an intensive investigation into the reported abduction of his younger brother, one Abah John Friday, 25, and his friend, Okah Andrel Eloho, 19, both students of Adekunle Ajasin University, Akungba-Akoko—who went missing on 20 June, 2025.

“Upon receipt of the complaint, detectives from the Anti-kidnapping swung into action. Forensic tracking led investigators to Computer Village, Ikeja, Lagos, where an iPhone 14 Pro Max belonging to one of the victims was recovered from one Abdul Mohammed Mubarak, 38.

“Mubarak confessed to purchasing the phone from one Ojo Michael, whose arrest was subsequently effected in Aramoko-Ekiti. A Lexus RX 350 vehicle belonging to the victims was also recovered at the point of arrest.

“Under interrogation, Ojo Michael confessed to participating in the robbery, abduction, and eventual murder of the victims. He further disclosed that the operation was masterminded by one Oladele Femi ‘m’—the landlord of the male victim—who allegedly engaged him (Michael) and another accomplice (identified as “Kola”, currently at large) to carry out the crime. Investigations revealed that the sum of ₦800,000 was transferred from the victim’s account during their captivity.

“Michael also admitted to raping the female victim. Upon recognising him and unmasking his identity, she was executed along with her friend to prevent them from exposing the perpetrators. Their bodies were subsequently disposed of at separate locations between Agbado and Ode-Ekiti,” the commissioner said.

Mr Lawal said Mr Femi was arrested and during interrogation, confessed to initiating the plot and aiding in the concealment of the murders.

“Acting on this confession, detectives recovered the body of the female victim in a bush near Ode-Ekiti, and it has since been deposited at the General Hospital Mortuary for autopsy,” the commissioner further stated.

“Efforts are ongoing to recover the remains of the male victim, who is believed to have been dumped in a river by an accomplice still at large,” he said.

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