The Lagos State Police Spokesman, SP Benjamin Hundeyin, has refuted claims made by Foundation for Investigative Journalism (FIJ) regarding the remand status of Ayomide Adeleye, a murder suspect.
In a recent publication, the FIJ sensationally claimed that Adeleye was not in prison and had never been remanded for the murder charge.
Reacting to the report via X (formerly Twitter), SP Benjamin Hundeyin clarified the situation, asserting that the FIJ had confused Adeleye with another individual bearing the same name.
“We can confirm that Ayomide Adeleye was charged with murder and was remanded for the same offense,” Hundeyin stated.
He further elaborated: “It is also a fact that another person bearing the same name was remanded for a different offense and released in April 2024, long before the Ayomide we are talking about committed his offense.
“An outfit that prides itself on investigation should live up to its name. Relying on ‘sources’ rather than the spokesperson of the Correctional Service would land you in this kind of misinformation.”
According to Hundeyin, the person released in April 2024 was charged with a different offense and had no connection to the murder case involving Adeleye.
Ayomide Adeleye, a 200-level Philosophy student at Olabisi Onabanjo University (OOU), Ogun State, was apprehended by the Lagos State Police Command in early September 2024. He was accused of the murder of Christianah Idowu, a 300-level student of the Federal University of Agriculture, Abeokuta (FUNAAB).
