The Lagos State Police Command has confirmed the location of the burial site of Adedamola Ogunbode, a Lagos State University graduate, following the arrest of the prime suspect, Olaoluwa Ajisomo. It was rumored that the prime suspect had fled to Benin Republic, but he was found and led police detectives to the burial site of the deceased. The command’s spokesperson, Chief Superintendent of Police Benjamin Hundeyin, confirmed both developments to the press on Tuesday. Ogunbode, a Political Science Education graduate from LASU, had been missing since January 16, 2025, amid speculation that his mutilated body had been discovered. Last Friday, the Lagos State Police Command announced the arrest of three suspects and the ongoing search for five others connected to the murder of the 2024 graduate. Among those arrested were Whepetoji Sunday, a pastor who allegedly received N70,000 from the victim’s account, and Sheriff Adebayo, a church member accused of receiving N300,000. The mother of the prime suspect, Omolara Ajisomo, was also arrested. She allegedly assisted her children, Teniola and Olaoluwa Ajisomo, in fleeing after each reportedly received N300,000 from the victim’s account. Lagos State Commissioner of Police, Olohundare Jimoh, had directed the State Criminal Investigation Department to take over the case following threats from the students’ union to organize a statewide protest. Regarding the arrest of the prime suspect, Hundeyin revealed that he was apprehended on Monday morning in the Alakuko area of the state. “The principal suspect, Olaoluwa Ajisomo, was arrested on Monday morning in the Alakuko area. He was the one who emptied the victim’s bank account using the victim’s mobile phone,” Hundeyin said. Hundeyin clarified that the grave was not located within the church premises, contrary to speculation on social media. He added that the church where the arrested cleric worshipped had been sealed off by the police following intelligence reports of a planned arson in retaliation. “The shallow grave is not around the church premises, but it is there in the community. The church was sealed following intelligence reports that some people planned to burn it out of vengeance, and we do not want that to happen,” he added. Meanwhile, a source involved in the investigation informed our correspondent that police detectives were en route to exhume the victim from a shallow grave. The source said, “I just received information that the newly arrested suspect has confessed to killing the LASU graduate, and the police are on their way to the burial site.” When our correspondent sought confirmation from Hundeyin, he responded with a single word, “Confirmed.”
