▪︎Why we murdered her – suspect
The suspects
The identities of those responsible for the dastardly rape and murder of Vera Omozuwa, a 100-level student of the University of Benin (UNIBEN), were unveiled by the Edo State Police Command on Wednesday.
The brwakthrough came three months after, the incident, thus ending a chapter in one of the criminal incidents that assaulted the sensibilities of the society and rattled the nation in 2020.
Six suspects have been arrested and paraded in connection with the crime, which took place in May in and around the premises of the Redeemed Christian Church of God within the UNIBEN precinct, where the victim had gone to read.
One of the suspected killers, Collins Uligbe, from Agbor in Ika North East Local Government Area of Delta State, disclosed while being paraded that her landlady, Mrs Mary Ade, gave them N1 million to kill the undergraduate.
Collins who said he attended the same church the student attended, said that he was asked by the landlady to wipe Uwaila’s private part with an handkerchief so that she could use it for ritual purposes and prosper in her business.
However, the landlady denied the allegation, saying she neither gave him the money nor asked him to wipe the lady’s private part.
Commissioner of Police, Johnson Kokumo, identified the suspects as Nelson Ogbebor, Akato Valentine, Mrs. Tina Samuel, Mrs. Mary Ade, Nosa Osabohien and Collins Ulegbe.
He said “The matter was a great concern to the Inspector General of Police, IGP, Muhammed Adamu who sent to us here in Benin, Homicide experts to work with our policemen at the state criminal investigation department.
“What we are seeing today, is a result of the uniting and untiring efforts of the police to get to the roots of the crime and today, I announce to you and making public through this medium that the perpetrators have been arrested.
“The postmortem results had actually confirmed that she was raped.”
(Additional reports+images from Whirlwind news)
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