Police detectives in Ondo state have arrested five suspected killers of two students of the state-owned Adekunle Ajasin University Akungba– Akoko, AAUA, whose disappearance on June 20 shocked the Ondo State community.
The victims, 19-year-old old Andrel Okah, of the Department of History and International Studies in the Faculty of Arts, and 25-year-old John Abba of the Department of Economics in the Faculty of Agriculture, were confirmed dead by the Ondo State Police Command, which described the case as a brutal act of betrayal and premeditated violence.
Commissioner of Police Adebowale Lawal, in a briefing on Wednesday, revealed that the two students were kidnapped by a gang of armed robbers, who later killed them to cover their tracks.
Lawal said “Following a petition dated June 24, 2025, submitted by G.O. Omoedu & Co., Legal Practitioners, on behalf of one Mr. Emmanuel Peter of Shagari Village, Akure, Ondo State, the Command launched an intensive investigation into the reported abduction of his younger brother, one Abah John Friday, 25, and his friend, Okah Andrel Eloho, 19, both students of Adekunle Ajasin University, Akungba-Akoko—who went missing on June 20, 2025.
“Upon receipt of the complaint, detectives from the Anti-kidnapping swung into action. Forensic tracking led investigators to Computer Village, Ikeja, Lagos, where an iPhone 14 Pro Max belonging to one of the victims was recovered from one Abdul Mohammed Mubarak, 38.
” Mubarak confessed to purchasing the phone from one Ojo Michael, whose arrest was subsequently affected in Aramoko-Ekiti. A Lexus RX 350 vehicle belonging to the victims was also recovered at the point of arrest.
“Under interrogation, Ojo Michael confessed to participating in the robbery, abduction, and eventual murder of the victims.
“He further disclosed that the operation was masterminded by one Oladele Femi ‘m’—the landlord of the male victim—who allegedly engaged him and another accomplice (identified as “Kola”, currently at large) to carry out the crime.