The Lagos State chapter of the National Association of Nigerian Students Joint Campus Council has called on the Commissioner of Police, Olohundare Jimoh, to investigate the Ojo Police Division over allegations of negligence, extortion, and deliberate mishandling of the murder case of Adedamola Ogunbode.

In a statement issued on Sunday, the students criticised the Ojo Police Division for initially treating the case as a “missing person” incident despite evidence suggesting otherwise.

The command announced on Friday the arrest of three suspects and the search for five others linked to the murder of the 2024 graduate of Lagos State University, Ogunbode.

Ogunbode, the LASU Political Science Education graduate, had been missing since January 16, 2025, amid speculation that his mutilated body had been found.

The spokesperson for the command, Chief Superintendent of Police Benjamin Hundeyin, announced that the case, initially treated as a missing person’s report, was now a suspected murder investigation.

The union commended Jimoh for intervening and upgrading the case to a suspected murder but condemned the initial delay.

The statement, signed by the Chairman, Comrade Abdul-Raheem Abdul-Quadri, and the Public Relations Officer, Comrade Ridwan Ajayi, accused the Ojo Police Division of attempting a cover-up, urging the police commissioner to probe the division.

The statement read, “We have seen multiple video interviews where the parents of the deceased graduate revealed that they were extorted multiple times by officers at Ojo Police Division while seeking justice.

“This is the same division that initially dismissed the case instead of conducting a proper criminal investigation.

“We have strong reasons to believe that officers at Ojo Police Division were compromised, likely accepting bribes from the suspects or the criminal syndicate involved in this case.

“This would explain why they attempted to sweep the matter under the carpet until public outrage forced their superiors to act.”



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