- Odutola disclosed that one knife, two iron rods, and one android techno phone were recovered as exhibits.
- She added that the body of the victim had been deposited in the morgue
One Jamiu Salihu has allegedly killed his girlfriend, Temitope Elemide, the police in Ogun state have said.
Salihu was said to have murdered the 20-year-old university admission seeker at her family residence in the Bosero community, Olodo, in Odeda council area of the state.
The deceased was said to be preparing for the next Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination, UTME, before the incident
The State Police Spokesman, SP Omolola Odutola, who confirmed the development to newsmen on Wednesday, said the incident was reported to the police on Sunday.
The police spokesperson explained that Elemide’s boyfriend had been arrested in connection with the murder.
“There was a suspected murder report on February 25, from Odeda that a lifeless body of Elemide was seen inside the room stabbed with a knife on her head and body.
“There is one Jamiu Salihu, 29-year-old boyfriend, who is suspected to have committed the heinous crime. He was (allegedly) seen coming out from the bush on the said day of the crime,” she said.
Odutola disclosed that one knife, two iron rods, and one android techno phone were recovered as exhibits.
She added that the body of the victim had been deposited in the mortuary.
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