Kogi Biology undergrad arrested for k!lling, dissecting female colleague (Video)
See last video posted by Damilola before she was k!lled
The police in Kogi State have confirmed the arrest of a 100-level Biology student of the Federal University Lokoja, Jeremiah Paul, over the death and mutilation of a female colleague, Abigail Damilola.
Paul, who hails from Kaduna State, confessed to abducting Damilola, demanding N400,000 ransom from her family, and subsequently killing her.
According to reports, Jeremiah took Damilola to an uncompleted building, where he ended her life after receiving the ransom.
Several vital organs of the deceased, such as tongue, buttocks, private parts and others were said to be missing by the time the body was finally found.
Paul still proceeded to contact the deceased’s family again, demanding an additional N10m.
The police were able to track him down.
During interrogation, Jeremiah claimed he acted alone and denied cutting off any parts of Damilola’s body, despite police findings suggesting otherwise.
He stated that he killed her because she had seen his face and he didn’t want her to escape and expose him.
The state Police Public Relations Officer, William Aya, confirmed the incident during a telephone chat with the Punch.
He said, “The case of a missing person was reported to the police and our officers swung into action, leading to the arrest of the suspect, Jeremiah Paul, a 21-year-old 100-level student of Federal University, Lokoja. He was arrested on Wednesday and when interrogated, he said he kidnapped the girl on September 4.
“The suspect said he kidnapped her and demanded a ransom of N400,000 from the parent. According to him, after collecting the money, he strangled the girl and mutilated her body. He then buried her body in the Lokoja area. Yesterday, Wednesday, he led the police to the scene where he buried the girl.”
A video shared on social media shows Jeremiah confessing to the crime, claiming it was his “first time.”
According to his story in one of the videos, he met her at a gas station and lured her to his hideout where he strangled her.
In another video, too gory to share, a police officer, suspected to be a pathologist, can be seen with the lifeless body which was already opened up. The officer with gloves can be seen searching her upper body for her heart. He announced he could not see the heart, while his colleagues asked the suspect what he did with the heart.
Paul claimed he did not do anything with it.
Watch a video of one of the last videos Damilola posted before her demise here and also a clip of Paul confessing here.
