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Akinwande Soji-Ojo
A final year student of Federal University of Agriculture, Abeokuta (FUNAAB), Oladokun Ayomide, has been arrested by the Ogun State Police Command for allegedly poisoning his girlfriend, Ugbokwe Mmasichukwu, and another lady, Odumosu Semilore.
The police, in a statement signed by the command’s spokesperson, Omolola Odutola, said the suspect administered a poison believed to be a mixture of brownie cakes, alcohol and an unknown harmful substance, after inviting his girlfriend to his residence in the Surulere community, Camp area of Abeokuta, on Friday.
It was gathered that while leaving for the suspect’s residence, Mmasichukwu told her friend, Semilore, to accompany her to her boyfriend’s place.
The victims were rushed to the hospital when they lost consciousness immediately after they ate the harmful cake.
Although the reason behind the suspect’s action remained unknown, the police said that preliminary investigation revealed that Ayomide was suspected to have an intention of harming the victims
The Chief Security Officer of Federal College of Education, Osiele, Abeokuta, Olusola Ajibola, who led the arrest of the suspect, told the police that Mmasichukwu and Semilore were students of the institution, while Ayomide was a final-year student of FUNAAB.
Odutola, however, said that the victims were responding to treatment, adding that further investigation was ongoing to unravel the circumstances behind the incident.
“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,” the police spokesperson said.