10 arrested over death of FUOYE student Modupe Atanda

FUOYE student Modupe Atanda found dead

Police in Ekiti said on Thursday that they arrested 10 suspects in connection to the death of a student of the Federal University, Oye Ekiti, Modupe Atanda.

The Command’s spokesman Abutu Sunday stated this in a press release published on X (formerly Twitter).

Sunday added that the late 200-level nursing student of the institution was declared missing within the school premises on September 5, 2023.

Her body was found in a shallow grave at a distance of about 30 meters behind the nursing lecture hall, he said.

The statement read, “This is to inform the general public that the Ekiti State Commissioner of Police, CP Ogundare Dare, has ordered a thorough investigation into the cause of the death of one Atanda Modupe Deborah, a 200-level nursing student of Federal University, Oye-Ekiti (FUOYE), who was declared missing within the school premises on 5/09/2023 but found dead in a shallow grave at a distance of about 30 meters behind the nursing Lecture Hall.”

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Sunday promised that the police would ensure the perpetrators of the crime face the full wrath of the law.

“Meanwhile, the body of the deceased has been deposited in the morgue for autopsy while 10 suspects are currently in custody undergoing investigation,” he said.