A final-year student of the Federal University of Agriculture, Abeokuta, Ogun state, Oladokun Ayomide, who allegedly poisoned his girlfriend Ugbokwe Mmasichukwu, and another lady, Odumosu Semilore, has been arrested.
The suspect was said to have administered a poison believed to be an admixture of brownie cakes, alcohol, and an unknown harmful substance after inviting his girlfriend to his residence in the Surulere community in the Camp area of the city on Friday.
It was gathered that while leaving for the suspect’s residence, Mmasichukwu asked her schoolmate, Semilore, to accompany her to Ayomide’s residence at Surulere community, Camp, Abeokuta.
The Chief Security Officer of the Federal College of Education, Osiele Abeokuta, Olusola Ajibola, who led the arrest of the suspect, said that Mmasichukwu and Semilore were students of the institution, while Ayomide was a final-year student of FUNAAB.
Although the reason behind the suspect’s action remained unknown as of the time this report was filed, the police told our correspondent that a preliminary investigation revealed that Ayomide was suspected to have an intention to harm the victims.
When contacted, the State’s Police Public Relations Officer, Omolola Odutola, said that the victims were responding to treatment, adding that the police are investigating the incident to unravel the circumstances behind it.
“The victims were believed to have been fed brownie cake, and they immediately lost consciousness after eating it and were taken to the Osiele Medical Centre for treatment.
“A foil paper pack used for the brownie cake was found when our officers visited the crime scene. The suspect was handed over to the police division by the Chief Security Officer of the school,” Odutola stated on Tuesday.
