According to MAPOLY Students’ Union on Saturday, Odeh was abducted on her way to Ipara, in Ode-Remo on August 9, and raped before she was killed.
By Jeffrey Agbo
Ogun State Governor, Dapo Abiodun has urged security agencies to go after the killers of a student of Moshood Abiola Polytechnic (MAPOLY) Abeokuta, Happiness Odeh.
Ms Odeh, an ND II student of Mass Communication, won the Miss MAPOLY beauty contest on August 3, 2022.
According to MAPOLY Students’ Union on Saturday, Odeh was abducted on her way to Ipara, in Ode-Remo on August 9, and raped before she was killed.
The beauty queen was reportedly on her way to a movie location when she was taken captive.
Abiodun, in a statement on Sunday by his Chief Press Secretary, Kunle Somorin, said: “My administration will not tolerate ungodly and criminal activities that would put the state in a bad light.
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“My administration will do everything within the law to ensure Odeh’s killers are brought to book.
“I have given the police and other security agencies in the state marching order to fish out the perpetrators of the devilish act.”
MAPOLY Students’ Union President Sodiq Ajani had announced the death of Odeh in a statement.
“Moshood Abiola Polytechnic Students Union (MAPSU) announces the untimely death of Miss Happiness Odeh, a Mass Communication student of MAPOLY.
“Contrary to the rumours flying around, her death is not related to her status as the new Miss MAPOLY. She won the award on the 3rd of August and the movie location she attended has nothing to do with the beauty pageantry on campus.
“We commiserate with her family, friends and colleagues. May Almighty God grant us all the fortitude to bear this painful loss. Continue to rest in the bosom of the Lord,” the statement read.