Alleged killer of 18-year-old FUNAAB student confesses

23-year-old Ayomide Adeleye, a 300-level philosophy student of Olabisi Onabanjo University who killed 18-year-old FUNAAB student Christiana Idowu and buried her in his parents home in Ikorodu, has shared more details while showing remorse for his actions.

Ayomide said he regrets his actions and that he even tried to end it all but vigilant security agents stopped him.

Recounting how he killed Christiana, he said  “I had not been at home for over 6 months. The victim, Christiana Idowu, 18, contacted me several times in school where I was studying Philosophy in 300 level. She had been contacting me that she wanted to repair her phone because I had repaired it for her before.”

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We were church members. I had known her for 3 years before the incident.

On why he killed her, he said: “I killed her because I had financial problems. I thought of the problems and decided to strangle her while she was busy going through my phone. I then called her mother claiming that she was kidnapped and she should pay ransom.