Kogi varsity student arrested for killing, dismembering female colleague
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Kogi State Police Command has confirmed the arrest of a 100-level Biology student of the Federal University Lokoja, Mr Jeremiah Paul, over the death and dismembering of a female colleague, Abigail Damilola.
The suspect, who is an indigene of Kaduna State, confessed to kidnapping Damilola, demanding N400,000 ransom from her family, and subsequently killing her.
Newsband gathered that Jeremiah took Damilola to an uncompleted building, where he abruptly ended her life after receiving the ransom.
Several vital organs of the deceased, such as tongue, buttocks, private parts and others were said to be missing by the time the body was found.
Paul still proceeded to contact the deceased’s family again, demanding an additional N10m.
The police were able to track him down.
During interrogation, Jeremiah claimed he acted alone and denied cutting off any parts of Damilola’s body, despite police findings suggesting otherwise.
He stated that he killed her because she had seen his face and he didn’t want her to escape and expose him.
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Mr William Aya, the spokesman of the command confirmed the incident during a telephone chat with the Punch.
He said, “The case of a missing person was reported to the police and our officers swung into action, leading to the arrest of the suspect, Jeremiah Paul, a 21-year-old 100-level student of Federal University, Lokoja. He was arrested on Wednesday and when interrogated, he said he kidnapped the girl on September 4.
“The suspect said he kidnapped her and demanded a ransom of N400,000 from the parent. According to him, after collecting the money, he strangled the girl and mutilated her body. He then buried her body in the Lokoja area. Yesterday, Wednesday, he led the police to the scene where he buried the girl.”
Meanwhile, a video sighted by this medium shows Jeremiah confessing to the crime, claiming it was his “first time.”
According to his story. He met her at a gas station and lured her to his hideout where he ambushed her.
