Lagos State Police Command is currently investigating the
circumstances of the gruesome death of a 20-year-old 300 level Electrical
Engineering student at Covenant University, Otta in Ogun State, identified as
John Chinedu Okere. Chinedu is said to
have left his parents’ house with N6,000 on Wednesday, 6th August 2014 to a
Yaba (Lagos) hospital for treatment and he never returned. Going by reports, some
of his family members alleged that one of his friends called him earlier that
morning to meet him at an undisclosed hotel.
Chinedu’s father, Jude Okere, then received an SMS notifying
him that Chinedu had been kidnapped. Later, he received a phone call from a
hidden number demanding N10 million ransom for his son’s release. The caller
allegedly threatened to kill Chinedu, if his parents refused to comply as the
line went dead.
According to Chinedu’s father: “ 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.”
The case was reported to the Police at Sabo, Yaba, and later
transferred to the Special Anti-Robbery Squad, SARS, Ikeja the next day where
investigations have since commenced.
Two days later, the decomposing corpse of Chinedu was
discovered in one of the rooms at ‘DE Homes Hotel’ located in Ejigbo (Lagos) by
one of their staff. The hotel manager filed a report at the Ejigbo Divisional
Police Station on Friday, 8 August 2014, to report a case of murder.
Chinedu was murdered in cold and left in a pool of his blood. A 24-year-old suspect, Okorocha Michael, has however been arrested in connection with the murder.
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