Barely three weeks after two undergraduates of the Ondo state-owned Adekunle Ajasin University Akungba-Akoko, were murdered, another student of the institution has reportedly been gruesomely murdered by her boyfriend.
The latest killing of Joy Adeyemi of the Department of Human Kinetics of the institution, sparked off students’ protest in Akungba, the university community.
Recall that two undergraduates of the institution, Andrel Okah of the Department of History and International Studies and John Abba of the Department of Economics were abducted and killed.
The suspected killers were later arrested by police detectives but the prime suspect, who was the landlord of John Abba, later died mysteriously in the police custody.
On the latest incident, a source told Vanguard that the victim was murdered on Tuesday by her boyfriend, who fled the community.
According to the source, “The alleged killer is said to be an indigene of the town.”
“The deceased was killed by her boyfriend on Tuesday and locked her inside his room. It was neighbours that that raised the alarm to call attention of the students when they perceived bad odour from the room.”
“We are yet to know the reason the guy killed that lady. The lady operates POS in that area, but since Tuesday, she had disappeared and nobody knew her whereabouts untill yesterday, when the neighbors were perceiving a bad smell from her room.”
“The boy, after killing her, went away with the money she used for her POS business.”
“It is high time the state government did something about the killings of our students by the indigenes of this town. If nothing is done, this may lead to a serious crisis in this community.”
“You remember that some weeks ago, two of our students were also kidnapped and killed. So something has to be done.”
Meanwhile, the students, during the protest, chanted various solidarity songs, carried placards with inscriptions such as, ‘At Akungba Akoko, say no to students’ killing’, ‘Stop killing us, AAUA students,’ ‘The state government should intervene in the killing of AAUA students,’ among others.
Reacting to the latest killing in the university community, the National Association of Nigerian Students Joint Campus Committee, condemned the dastardly act and called on the security agencies to bring the perpetrator to book.
@ Vanguard Newspaper
