The police authorities in Niger State have apprehended a 14-year-old girl as a prime suspect in the murder of Federal University of Technology Minna lecturer, Dr. Fumilola Adefolalu, whose life was tragically cut short on October 29 when she was found dead in her Gbaiko Area residence.
Police Public Relations Officer, Wasiu Abiodun, revealed the arrest of the primary suspect while confirming that two other individuals linked to the crime are currently on the run. Intensive efforts are underway to bring them to justice.
The prime suspect in custody is a 14-year-old teenage girl who had been working as a domestic help for the late Dr. Adefololu for nearly three weeks, according to the police spokesman.
Interrogation of the suspect uncovered the disturbing details of the crime.
The suspect confessed to conspiring with her classmates, known as Walex and Smart, to kill the lecturer at her residence on Saturday, October 28.
The young girl arrived at the lecturer’s gate on a motorcycle while the victim opened the gate for her.
The police spokesman outlined the sequence of events: “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 repeatedly.”
The arrested suspect will be transferred to the State Criminal Investigation Department (SCID) for further investigation and subsequent prosecution. Meanwhile, law enforcement is actively pursuing the other suspects who are currently on the run.
