In a tragic turn of events, a 300-level student from the
Federal University of Agriculture, Abeokuta, Ogun State, Christiana Idowu, who
was kidnapped between Ikorodu and Yaba in Lagos State, has reportedly been
killed by her abductor.
Christiana left her home in the Itaoluwo area of Ikorodu to
travel to the University of Lagos in Yaba, where she was undergoing her
industrial training when she was abducted by kidnappers.
The suspect has since been arrested after combined efforts
from security agencies.
In a now-viral post on X, a user named @letter_to_jack
shared that intelligence agents were able to track down the abductor using the
BVN and bank account information associated with the ransom payments made by
the family.
The tweet read, “On the 19th of August 2024, Christiannah Idowu
was declared missing after her parents were contacted by her abductors using
her own WhatsApp contact.
“The first contact with the parent was established around
8:49pm after which they sent photos of the victim in captivity to them using
the WhatsApp ‘view once’ feature.
“The abductors requested for a ransom fee of N1,500,000.
Christiannah’s parents raised N350,000 immediately. The abductor then requested
that the money be sent to a bet account through a bank deposit channel. (Info
reserved for now)
“After receiving the money, on the 22nd of August, the
abductor requested that bank statement of the sender be forwarded to his email
(withheld).
“On the 23rd of August, family complied. Immediately after
that, the abductor stopped communicating with the parents.
“Meanwhile, on the 22nd of August, some amount was sent to
the GTB account of Christiannah and the amount was then withdrawn into the wema
bank account belonging to the main suspect ( Name withheld for now).
“Investigation by intelligence operatives began on the 26th
to unravel details of the account number.
“By the 29th,
intelligence operatives had confirmation from the bank that the BVN linked to
the masked Betting account allegedly belonged to the account owner (name
withheld for now) who also operates the Wema Bank (account no withheld for
now).
“Further investigation revealed that he was able to withdraw
the sum of 100,000 from the betting account before agents got the bet company
to lock the account.
“Armed by these information, operatives began investigation
into the suspect whom they observed to have a mutual relationship with
Christiannah Idowu, especially judging by Instagram posts as they both
commented on each other’s pages.
“The crazy thing is: the same account number used to launder
some amount directly from Christiannah’s account has been posted on Twitter
once to “beg for a give away free money.
“With all these information at hand, the operatives began to
track down his cell phone activities and text messages. The cell phone tracking
led them to his parent’s house, somewhere in IKORODU.
“Operatives then got confirmation of his presence in the
building through active tracking of his mobile device. Immediately, gallant
personnel of the Nigerian army 174bn swooped in on the suspect to conduct
arrest.
“After the arrest, damning evidences were seen with the
suspect and this includes the victim blue ITEL A56 with IMEI:35230.
“Also, in his phones are details of the money moved and also
details confirming he owns the Betting account that was locked. It was
registered with his phone number.
“On his phone, they found an interaction between his
personal email and the email address that has been interacting with the family
of the deceased.
“After reviewing the evidence, the suspect was then taken
into custody to enable the operatives conduct further investigations. Upon
reviewing this evidence, suspect was successful taken into custody for
necessary action.
“On September 3, the suspect reportedly confessed to the
father and the soldiers that he killed the girl and buried her in their house.
“There is also a new story awaiting further confirmation
that in 2018, the suspect’s ex-girlfriend was killed in same manner. Also that
in 2020, the suspect’s own biological sister met the same fate, and the same
thing has happened to Christiannah in 2024.”
The horrifying incident has ignited widespread outrage
across Nigeria, especially on social media. Many Nigerians have taken to
Twitter to demand justice for Christiana, with the hashtag
#JusticeForChristianah trending.
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