SIX students of the Ajayi Crowther University (ACU), Oyo, in Oyo State, have been arrested by the police over the alleged murder of a fellow student identified as Alex Timileyin.
It was gathered that the arrested students attacked Alex after they allegedly caught him with a missing iPhone 12 Pro Max on Friday night, 24 May 2024.
The students, who are residents of Shepherd’s Inn hostel, stripped the deceased, shaved his head and gang beat him from 10 pm on Friday to 6 am on Saturday. 
A source in the school who spoke on condition of anonymity due to the sensitive nature of the matter said that the deceased was beaten from 6 pm on Friday to about 10 am on Saturday.
“They said they caught him with a stolen phone. They started beating him from 6 pm yesterday (Friday) until he died at about 10 am today (Saturday).
He was later abandoned in the rain, where he sadly passed away.
Alex, a 200-level Engineering student, was found dead in front of the hostel on Saturday morning.
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