Vera Uwaila
Omozuwa, a 22-year-old fresh student of Microbiology at the University of Benin
(UNIBEN), Edo State, has been gruesomely raped and murdered inside a church in
the city while reading.
The attack,
which reportedly happened three days ago, saw her attackers smashing her head
with a fire extinguisher and leaving her for dead around the Ikpoba Hill area
of Benin City, the state capital.
Despite being
rushed to a hospital for medical aid, Omozuwa couldn’t make it as she was
declared dead in the medical facility.
Friends and
all those, who knew her closely during her lifetime, have been paying tribute
and calling for the perpetrators of the crime to be brought to justice.
“It is with a heavy heart that I announce the passing away of our loved
one, friend, sister and course mate.
“She was raped on her way home from church and had her head smashed with
a fire extinguisher in broad day light around Ikpoba Hill, Benin City. This
happened yesterday, May 30, 2020,” one friend
wrote.
A Twitter user
with the handle @Weezard2 wrote, “Now
this is a girl that just got admission, hasn’t even done matriculation, and she
was murdered in church.
“She’s a newly admitted student of University of Benin, Microbiology
Department. #justiceForUwa.”
Also
commenting on the incident, another Twitter user with the handle
@MohammedBlack_ said, “Saddening how our
community gradually becomes unsafe for us. People getting killed on a daily
frivolously.
“May Uwa’s soul rest in peace and I hope her family ever finds the
strength to bear this loss. This is for all of us. Hopefully, the perpetrators
are caught! #justiceForUwa.”
In his own
tribute on Twitter, OptomDr0812 said, “I
had high hopes that you will make it, I told your mum to be strong, you are
just too soft to go through such excruciating pain.
“You fought with those animals, you fought to stay alive in ICU, please
don’t rest until those demons are caught. #justiceforuwa.”
Spokesperson
for the police in Edo State, Chidi Nwabuzor, when contacted by SaharaReporters
on Sunday morning, did not respond to telephone calls to his mobile number
while a text message sent on the matter was yet to be replied as of the time of
this report.
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