The prime suspect in the murder of a Federal University of Technology Minna lecturer, Dr Fumilola Adefolalu, has been apprehended by Niger State police.
Adefolalu was found murdered in her home in the town's Gbaiko area on October 29.
Wasiu Abiodun, a police public relations officer, announced the arrest of the main suspect and said two other suspects involved in the crime were still at large. He stated that efforts to apprehend them were ongoing.
The 14-year-old prime suspect is said to have worked as a domestic helper for late Dr. Adefololu for nearly three weeks, according to a police spokesman.
According to the police spokesman, the suspect confessed to how she and classmates Walex and Smart plotted to attack the lecturer at her home on Saturday, October 28. with a motorcycle and she surfaced at the gate, while the late lecturer opened the gate for her.
“During interrogation, the suspect confessed that she served as the deceased’s housemaid for about three weeks, and she was laid off due to her misdeed in the house,” she said.
“After she was laid off, she met her classmates called Walex and Smart, narrated her ordeal to them, and conspired to attack the lecturer at her residence.
“Afekafe said they went to the lecturer’s residence on October 28, 2023, around 1600hrs, with a motorcycle and she surfaced at the gate, while the lecturer opened the gate for her.
“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 severally.”
Abiodun said the suspect will be transferred to the State Criminal Investigation Department SCID for further investigation and diligent prosecution, while an effort is ongoing to arrest other fleeing suspects