By James Ogunnaike

The Vice President, Inter-Campus and Gender Affairs, National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS), Akinbodunse Sileola, has accused operatives of the Lagos State Police Command of complicity in the disappearance and alleged murder of the missing graduate of Lagos State University, Ojoo, Quadri Adedamola Ogunbode.

Akinbodunse said this at a press conference jointly organized by the National Association of Ogun State Students (NAOSS) and the National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS) are in Abeokuta, Ogun State capital.

She noted that the student bodies are not pleased with the lackadaisical approach employed by the police and possibly their complicity in the case of the disappearance of Quadri on January 17.

Akinbodunse said, “For almost two months, police have refused to come out outrightly and declared that Quadri has been killed by his abductors or, should we say, assailants. Rather, they labelled the case as that of a missing person, even when concrete evidence pointed to the fact that the victim must have been murdered”.

“As concerned student bodies, we heaved a sigh of relief when the police said that a principal suspect and others had been arrested in connection with the possible homicide.”

“We waited with bated breath, expecting the police of the Lagos Command to wrap up their investigations and give the matter a closure. But, the waiting game continued. Along the line, Quadri’s parents were asked by the police to pay thousands of naira for tracking of his mobile phone. Some startling discoveries were made as the main suspect transferred a lump sum of money to some people, including a Shepherd of a Celestial Church and his daughter.”

“Ordinarily, this discovery was sufficient to pin the culpable murder case on the main suspect and the Shepherd. On the contrary, the police continued to drag the matter on while the parents of Quadri were languishing in agony, pains and bereavement.”

“It was this hanky-panky game being played by the police that necessitated our blocking of the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway on Monday to call the attention of the IGP to the matter.”

“But, we were shocked to learn through the spokesperson of the Lagos State Police Command that two suspects planned to be apprehended have escaped to the neighbouring Republic of Benin.”

“We view this as absurd and unacceptable. Could those suspects have been tipped off, hence their fleeing? To us, this case is a clear case of murder. And we believe that since the police arrested the main suspect and Church Shepherd, swift investigations should have led to the arrest of the fleeing suspects.”




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