Student Kills Niece After Squandering Her Tuition Fee

An undergraduate of a college of education in Oyo
State, Olajide Ajayi, has been arrested by the Oyo
State Police Command for attempting to kill his
niece, who is also his school mate, by cutting her
throat.
The suspect was accused of slitting the throat of
Opeyemi Ajala, over payment of N47,000 school
fee.
The victim was said to have given her Automated
Teller Machine card to the suspect to collect
N47,000 and help her pay the sum to her school
account as school fee.
It was alleged that Ajayi used the money to buy
clothes for himself and spend the rest on other
things.
After failing to give a teller to his niece on demand,
the suspect began to avoid his niece but when he
could no longer bear the pressure on him to
produce the money or the teller, he decided to kill
her to mask his track.
To actualise his plan, he allegedly went to his
victim’s house with a knife and tip-toed into her
room.
After overpowering her, he was said to have slit
the throat but unknown to him, Ajala did not die.
The suspect said, “I collected the money, but I
spent it. When the pressure from her was too
much, and there was no way I could get the money
to pay her back, I decided to kill her. One night, I
went to her house with a sharp knife to kill her.
“I got to her house at about 8pm; when I entered
the room, I locked the door and pinned her head
down on the bed. I did not allow her to shout.
Then, I brought out the knife and slit her throat.
When blood started gushing out and she was
unconscious, I thought she was dead and I
escaped.”
The state Commissioner of Police, Mohammed
Katsina, said the lady survived the attack
miraculously, adding that she had been taken to
the University College of Hospital, Ibadan, for
treatment.
The police commissioner stated, “The lady
managed to pick her mobile telephone a few
minutes after the attack and called one of her
neighbours, who informed the police.
“The suspect will be charged to court soon.”