Sad Reports reaching Naija-ish states that the Lagos state police command is investigating the kidnap and murder of a 20 year old student of Covenant university otta Ogun state.
The 300 level Electrical electronics engineering student identified as John Chinedu Okere according to reports was last seen on Wednesday 6 August in the morning when he left his parents house supposedly going to the hospital in Yaba Lagos for medical reasons ,he left home with just 6000 naira but never returned home.
According to some family members , Chinedu received a call from one of his friend to meet him at a hotel that morning.
it was reported that his father Jude Okere received an SMS around midday telling him that his son chinedu has been kidnapped.he later received a phone call from a hidden number asking him to bring the ransom of 10,000.000 Naira for his sons release or he will be killed.
The father said “ At about mid-day, I received an SMS that John had been kidnapped. Later, I received a phone call from a hidden number. The
caller said they had my son, Chinedu and demanded N10 million as ransom threatening to kill him if we refuse to comply. Immediately, I inquired who the caller was, the line went dead. My wife and I quickly reported the case to the Divisional Police Station at Sabo, Yaba.”
it was later gathered that Chinedu's corpse was discovered 2 days later in one of the rooms at DE HOMES hotel located at ejigbo in Lagos state by a staff of the hotel.
The hotel manager then reported to the Ejigbo divisional police station on Friday 8 August 2014.
According to Vanguard news, A reliable source in the hotel intimated that early on Wednesday morning, the prime suspect, Okorocha Michael along with another young man simply identified as Okey,checked into the hotel with the name Christian. “He booked the room for three days with the name Christian. He claimed he is a youth corps member who wanted to write exams and would be there from that Wednesday to Friday. He also said he was expecting his cousin to join him in the hotel.
‘After booking, Michael left his friend Okey in the hotel and returned an hour before the victim, Chinedu arrived the hotel, which was at about 3 pm that day. As soon as Chinedu arrived the hotel, Michael took him to the room. We don’t know what happened inside the room. However, it was later gathered that during their stay in the room, the suspect reportedly confronted the victim on some personal issues. The confrontation eventually led to a heated argument, which later led to the suspect strangulating the victim to death. On Friday, a hotel staff discovered the lifeless body of the young man and alerted the police.”
It was also learnt the 24-year-old suspect, Okorocha Michael, who was arrested on Sunday, in a friend’s house around Ajah area in Lagos, is a graduate of Lagos City Polytechnic, Ikeja. He has been unemployed since he completed his youth service in February this year.
It remains to be seen and discovered by the police force investigating the murder to find out why this evil was done .
And we pray that justice be done for this attrocity.
