Police arrest two over killing of 17-year-old UTME candidate in Lagos

The Lagos State Police Command has arrested 2 suspected kidnappers successful transportation with the abduction and sidesplitting of a 17-year-old campaigner of the 2026 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination, UTME, Thompson Adams, successful the Ikorodu country of the state.

The Commissioner of Police, Fatai Tijani, disclosed this connected Wednesday portion briefing journalists astatine the bid office successful Ikeja.

According to him, the suspects; Elijah Emmanuel, 23, and Tony Ogenata, 21, were apprehended connected April 27 astatine astir 8:00 p.m. astatine Lucky Fibre, Ikorodu, pursuing credible intelligence.

Preliminary investigations revealed that the victim, who had conscionable written his introspection connected April 22, was lured by the suspects, said to beryllium his erstwhile secondary schoolmates, to their apartment, wherever helium was killed.

“Operatives of the command, acting connected credible intelligence, traced and arrested the suspects. Findings amusement that they went retired with their friend, Adams, and subsequently murdered him,” Tijani said.

He added that the suspects concealed the victim’s assemblage successful a container earlier disposing of it wrong the community.