A final-year student of the Federal University of Agriculture, Abeokuta, Oladokun Ayomide, has been arrested for allegedly poisoning his girlfriend, Ugbokwe Mmasichukwu, and her friend, Odumosu Semilore.

The Ogun State Police Command disclosed that the suspect administered a poison believed to be an admixture of brownie cakes, alcohol, and an unknown harmful substance after inviting his girlfriend to his residence in the Surulere community in the Camp area of Abeokuta on Friday.

Mmasichukwu was also said to have told her schoolmate, Semilore, to accompany her to her boyfriend’s place at Surulere community, Camp, Abeokuta.

After serving them the substance suspected to be poisonous, it was learnt that the victims were rushed to a hospital when they lost consciousness after consuming the harmful cake.

Although the suspect’s motive for his action had yet to be known, the police said that preliminary investigation revealed that Ayomide was suspected to have an intention to harm the victims.

Confirming the incident, the Public Relations Officer, Omolola Odutola, stated that the victims were responding to treatment, adding that further investigation was ongoing to know the reason for the suspect’s action.

She said, “The victims were believed to have been fed with brownie cake, and they immediately lost consciousness after eating it and were taken to the Osiele Medical Centre for treatment.

“A foil paper pack used for the brownie cake was found when our officers visited the crime scene. The suspect was handed over to the police division by the Chief Security Officer of the school.”

After leading the arrest of the suspect, the CSO of the Federal College of Education, Osiele Abeokuta, Mr Olusola Ajibola, confirmed to the police that Mmasichukwu and Semilore were students of the institution, while Ayomide was a final-year student of FUNAAB.