A 300-level female student of Adekunle Ajasin University, Akungba Akoko, Ondo State, identified as Ifeoluwa Adekunle, was stabbed to death by unknown assailants in her off-campus apartment.
The Economics student was found in a pool of blood in her room at the weekend.
One of the students, who spoke on condition of anonymity, told newsmen that the girl was gruesomely killed, adding that the incident has caused apprehension within the students’ community.
Spokesperson of the State Police Command, Funmi Odunlami, confirmed the incident and said detectives visited the scene as part of ongoing investigations into the case.
The PPRO, who ruled out cult-related activities in the case, said that the corpse of the deceased had been moved to the hospital’s morgue.
“She was killed but her corpse had been moved to the hospital’s morgue and we have begun our investigation on the case. We are not sure if it’s a cult-related activity because she was murdered in her room situated off the campus but an investigation is going to unravel the cause,” she said.
