The management of Kwara State Polytechnic, Ilorin on Thursday disowned two female suspects, Joseph Joy Adama and Vandora Davies Oreoluwa, who were paraded at the Nigeria Police Force (NPF) headquarters in Abuja over the alleged murder of Adeniyi Ojo, the managing director of Water View Hotel in Ilorin, Kwara State.
According to a statement signed by the institution's public relations officer, Halimat Garba, the two females were withdrawn from the school after their first year due to low academic performance.
The message, titled 'Re: How We Killed Club Owner at Hotel - Female Student,' stated: "The Polytechnic Authority's attention has been drawn to a trending story and a video clip in which two ladies (Joseph Joy Adama and Vandora Davies Oreoluwa) were named in the alleged murder of a hotelier in Ilorin were erroneously identified as students of the Kwara State Polytechnic.
“Our database checks showed that the two ladies had since been withdrawn from the school after their first years on account of poor academic performances. They have therefore ceased being students of our great institution.
“The polytechnic management states categorically that its students are good ambassadors of the institution, the state, and Nigeria at large, and will not be involved in shameful or criminal acts of any kind.
“We urge our media friends to always check with us anything that concerns our great institution.”