THE prime suspect has been arrested in the killing of a Federal University of Technology Minna lecturer, Dr. Fumilola Adefolalu.
Dr. Adefolalu was found dead in her residence in the Gbaiko Area of the town on October 29.
Police Public Relations Officer, Wasiu Abiodun, who made this known also said that two other suspects connected to the crime were at large.
According to Abiodun, the 14-year-old suspect has been a domestic help to late Dr. Adefololu for about three weeks.
“During interrogation, the suspect confessed that she served as the deceased’s housemaid for about three weeks, and she was laid off due to her misdeed in the house,” the police spokesman said.
“After she was laid off, she met her classmates called Walex and Smart, narrated her ordeal to them, and conspired to attack the lecturer at her residence.
“Afekafe said they went to the lecturer’s residence on October 28, 2023, around 1600 hrs, with a motorcycle and she surfaced at the gate, while the lecturer opened the gate for her.
“Walex and Smart later entered, beat and hit the lecturer’s head with a stool and stabbed her with a knife brought by Walex while Smart took another knife from the kitchen, and stabbed her severally.”
The suspect will be transferred to the State Criminal Investigation Department SCID for further investigation and diligent prosecution, while an effort is ongoing to arrest other fleeing suspects.
