The Ondo State Police Command has unearthed a horrifying plot revealing that the kidnap, rape, and murder of two students of Adekunle Ajasin University, Akungba-Akoko (AAUA), were allegedly masterminded by their own landlord.
The shocking details were unveiled during a press briefing by the state Commissioner of Police, who highlighted recent breakthroughs in the Command’s fight against crime across the state.
According to police accounts, the grim case involving the murdered students – 25-year-old Abah John Friday and 19-year-old Okah Andrel Eloho began as a missing persons report filed by their family’s legal representatives, G.O. Omoedu & Co., on June 24, 2025. The victims had been missing since June 20, last seen leaving their residence in Akungba.
Acting on the complaint, detectives from the Anti-Kidnapping Unit deployed forensic tracking tools, leading them to Lagos. An iPhone 14 Pro Max belonging to one of the victims was traced to Computer Village, Ikeja.
There, officers arrested Abdul Mohammed Mubarak, 38, who confessed to buying the device from a man named Ojo Michael.Michael was subsequently apprehended in Aramoko-Ekiti, where he was found in possession of the victims’ Lexus RX 350. Under interrogation, Michael confessed to the full horror of the crime: he and his accomplices had abducted the students on the direct instruction of Oladele Femi, the landlord of Abah John.
During their captivity, a sum of ₦800,000 was reportedly transferred from the victims’ account. Michael also admitted to raping the female victim. Upon realizing she had recognized him, both she and her friend were executed in an attempt to conceal the identities of the perpetrators.
The police revealed that the corpses were disposed of at separate locations between Agbado and Ode-Ekiti. Acting on Michael’s confession, detectives arrested the landlord, Oladele Femi, who reportedly confirmed orchestrating the heinous plot.
He also assisted in recovering the body of the female victim from a bush near Ode-Ekiti. Efforts are ongoing to locate the male victim’s remains, believed to have been dumped in a river.
