Two suspected kidnappers have been detained by the Lagos State Police Command in connection with the kidnapping and murder of Thompson Adams, a 17-year-old candidate for the 2026 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination, in the state's Ikorodu region.

Fatai Tijani, the state commissioner of police, said this on Wednesday while speaking to reporters at the command center in Ikeja.

According to Tijani, the suspects, Tony Ogenata, 21, and Elijah Emmanuel, 23, were taken into custody on Monday at around 8 p.m. after reliable information.

He said that the inquiry showed that on Wednesday, April 22, Adams was on his way back from the test hall when the event occurred.

According to the CP, the suspects killed the victim—a friend from their secondary school—after luring him to their flat.

He said, “On April 27, 2026, at about 20.00 hours, operatives of the command, acting on credible intelligence, traced and arrested suspected kidnappers at Lucky Fibre, Ikorodu, Lagos.

“The suspects are Elijah Emmanuel, 23, and Tony Ekwen Ogenata, 21. Criminal investigation revealed that the suspects are linked to the kidnapping and gruesome murder of one Thompson Adams, aged 17, which occurred on April 22, 2026. The two boys went out with their friend, Adams, who was their secondary schoolmate. Along the line, they murdered him.”

He further revealed that the suspects later stored the body in a bag before discarding it in the neighborhood.

However, Tijani noted that additional questioning revealed the suspects' connection to a previous incident in which a female victim was murdered in November 2025.

He said, “Investigation revealed that they had earlier kidnapped and murdered a female victim on November 30, 2025. The victim was a girlfriend of one of them. They contacted her parents and demanded ransom.”

Tijani said the victim’s family paid N300,000 as ransom, but the suspects still killed her after collecting the money.

“After collecting the N300,000, they still went ahead and murdered the lady,” he added.

The police chief stated that after the investigations were over, the accused will face charges in court.

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