Stephen Olufemi Oni, ilorin

Six people allegedly linked to the gruesome killing of the 21-year-old Kwara State School of Health Technology, Offa, Awesu Mojisola, have been arrested and paraded by the State Police Command.

The suspects are Adebayo Joshua Happiness, Adebayo Adeniyi, Adeniyi Bukola, Adeoye Adeola, Lawal Aminat and Bulus Peter, while one iPhone 11P10 was recovered from them.

According to the State Commissioner of Police, CP Victor Olaiya, of the State Police Command, “at about 1500 hours, the Offa Police Station received a report from one Ogungbenro Blessing, a female resident ofthe Gbomi Area, Offa, Kwara State. She reported that her roommate, Awesu Mojisola, a 21-year-old graduating student of Kwara State College of Health Technology, had gone missing under suspicious circumstances.

“The incident occurred on August 9, 2024, at about 1500 hours, when Awesu Mojisola received a phone call from one Kolawola Timileyin, a female student from the same institution. Timileyin relayed a message from Adebayo JoshuabHappiness, an expelled final-year student of Summit University, Offa, KwaraState.

“Adebayo Joshua Happiness invited Awesu Mojisola to attend a purported sign-out party at Whitefield Hotel, Ilorin, Kwara State, with a promise of FifteenThousand Naira (N15,000). Mojisola accepted the invitation and left Offa for llorin later that day.

“Upon arrival at Ilorin, Mojisola communicated with her friends via phone, expressing discomfort and concern as there appeared to be no sign-out party. Instead, she reported being alone in a hotel room with Adebayo Joshua Happiness, who was reportedly smoking canabis. Subsequently, her phone became unreachable, and her whereabouts were unknown.

“Acting swiftly on the report, investigation by officers of the command led to the arrest of Adebayo Joshua Happiness.
Preliminary findings revealed that Adebayo Joshua Happiness had deliberately lured Awesu Mojisola to Ilorin under false pretenses, booking a hotel room at around 1800 hours with no intention of hosting a party. Further investigation uncovered that at about 2345 hours on the same day, Adebayo Joshua Happiness booked an additional room at the same hotel for another female, possibly as a cover-up for his premeditated actions.

“In the early hours of August 10, 2024, Adebayo Joshua Happiness brutally murdered Awesu Mojisola. He abandoned her lifeless body in the hotel room, secured the room, and fled with Mojisola’s iPhone and a sum of FifteenThousand Six Hundred Naira (N15,600) stolen from the deceased. He then returned to Offa and concealed the stolen phone in his hostel wardrobe.

“Through careful and discreet investigation, Mr. and Mrs. Adebayo Adeniyi, the suspect’s parents, were apprehended. Following their son’s arrest, they attempted to tamper with evidence by retrieving Adebayo Joshua Happiness’s belongings from his school. It was discovered that Mrs. Adeniyi Bukola had removed the SIM card from the deceased’s iPhone and concealed it within a wall some distance from their residence. Contrary to Adebayo Joshua Happiness’s initial claim that he had discarded the phone in Afelele River, Offa, both the iPhone and SIM card were recovered from his parents’ possession.

‘After further investigation, it was discovered that the hotel staff on duty found the deceased’s body in the room and unlawfully disposed off her body at the refuse dump. The suspects involved in this act have been apprehended and charged with criminal conspiracy and causing disappearance of evidence.

‘Investigation remain ongoing, and all suspects are in custody. Upon completion of investigation, the suspects will be duly charged to court to face the full extentof the law.

“We assure the public that the Kwara State Police Command remains committed to ensuring justice and maintaining peace and security within the community. Further updates will be provided as investigation progresses.”

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