The University of Nigeria, Nsukka has stated that one Emmanuel Gambo, from Kogi State, who was arrested by the police in connection with the murder of Deborah Sam-Praise Ememem in a hotel in Nsukka is not its student.

Ekwutosblog  on July 8, had reported that a female student of the University of Nigeria, Nsukka, UNN, who was murdered in a hotel previous week was killed over N15,000 additional payment for second round of sex after initial N5,000 payment.

The Enugu State Police Command, which stated this in a statement issued through the Command’s spokesperson, SP Daniel Ndukwe, had claimed the victim was murdered by a fellow student of UNN over disagreement arising from payment for love making in the hotel room.

He named the victim as 22-year-old Deborah Sam-Praise Ememem, and her killer as 22-year-old male suspect, Emmanuel Gambo, who hails from Kogi State.

Ndukwe said: “Findings revealed that on June 14, 2025, at about 9pm, the suspect, a second-year student of Material and Metallurgical Engineering at the University of Nigeria, Nsukka (UNN), checked into a hotel in Obukpa, Nsukka, with the deceased.

“In the early hours of June 15, 2025, a dispute ensued after a second round of intercourse, during which the deceased allegedly demanded an additional N15,000 from the suspect, on top of the N5,000 earlier paid.

“The disagreement turned violent, and the suspect strangled her to death.”

But in a statement on Monday, the University management said neither the victim nor her killer was its student.

In a statement titled: “RE: Emmanuel Gambo, a Murder Suspect is not a Student of UNN,” signed by Ag. Public Relations Officer, Inya Agha Egwu, the University categorically stated that “this claim is false and misleading”.

It noted: “We have painstakingly investigated and cross-checked students’ records from 200 level to 500 level within the Department of Materials and Metallurgical Engineering, as well as a verification from the Faculty of Engineering office, no such name, as Emmanuel Gambo, exists in the database of students registered in the department or in the faculty.

“The University views this false association of a murder suspect as a gross misrepresentation and a defamation of the integrity of not only the Department of Materials and Metallurgical Engineering but also the entire Faculty of Engineering and the University of Nigeria at large.”

The management appealed to the media outlets, bloggers, and the general public to desist from further spreading “this unfounded information”.

It maintained that the University of Nigeria remains committed to academic excellence, discipline, and the moral upbringing of its students, warning that it “will not condone any attempt to tarnish its image through misinformation”.