A 100 level Microbiology student of University of Benin, UNIBEN, Miss
Vera Uwaila, weekend, died from injuries sustained after she was
gang-raped and hit with a fire extinguisher in her church last
Wednesday.
Three months after the gruesome murder in the church
of a 100 Level Microbiology student of the University of Benin, Mary
Uwaila Omozuwa, an incident that generated national and international
outcry, the police in Edo state on Wednesday announced a breakthrough in
its investigation as it paraded six persons believed to have been
directly and remotely connected to the killing.
The late Uwaila,
who was 22 years old at the time of her death was purportedly
gang-raped, beaten, inflicted head injuries on her and abandoned for
dead. She died three days after the attack at the University of Benin
Teaching Hospital (UBTH).
It was gathered that for five years,
Uwaila, had been using the hall of the Redeemed Christian Church of God
situated at Osa-Amadasun Street, Ohovbe Quarters which she attended to
study as the church was about five minutes walk from her residence.
While
parading the suspects, the Commissioner of Police, Johnson Kokumo
identified them as Nelson Ogbebor ‘m’(27); Tina Samuel ‘f’ (45); Collins
Uligbe ‘m’ (24); Mary Ade ‘f’ (45); Valentine Akato ‘ m’ and Nosa
Osabohien ‘m’(31).
Mrs Mary Ade was alleged to have sponsored the
killing for unknown reason which she has however denied while Mrs Tina
Samuel was alleged to be shielding her son, Lucky who was also said to
be part of the killing but now on the run.
Osabohien confessed to
have bought the phone of the late Uwaila for N17,000 and was later
tracked by the police through the phone and arrested.
He led the
police to arrest the others. He was arrested at Ogheghe quarters and
led the police to arrest the principal suspect, Collins who confessed to
have directly participated in the murder.
He narrated how he used
the fire extinguisher to hit her after the other suspects engaged her
and he named Akhator Valentine and Neslon Ogbebor as members of the
gang.
Osabohien said: “I repair phones at Agbor park and I
bought a phone from Collins. On that fateful day, May 27th, he brought a
phone to me for sale, we bargained and I paid him N17,000. By Monday or
Tuesday the following week, I was tracked and arrested.” Narrating how
the girl was killed, Collins Uligbe said: “Five of us entered the
church. I was outside watching if anybody was coming, Neslon, Azubike
and Lucky who ran away had monitored whether anybody was in the church.
“They
then carried a 2 by 4 wood, beckoned on me to come and we all entered
the church the same time. I now engaged the girl while Nelson hit her
with the wood on her neck. “The girl fell, scattered the table and the
books she was reading, I now rushed towards her and as she was about to
get up, I hit her with the fire extinguisher. But the truth is that we
did not rape the girl.
On her part, the alleged sponsor of the
killing, Mrs Mary Ade said “they lied against me, first they alleged
that I gave them one million naira to kill her because they claimed I
said everybody liked Uwaila and didn’t like my daughter.
“They
changed the story again to say I asked them to kill her so that my store
would become very big. I am waiting for the matter to be taken to court
because I know nothing about the killing and the issue of N1 million or
N1.5 million”
Another accused, Tina Samuel said she had not
seen her son for over five months and was not shielding him. “I don’t
know where he was, I was in the village in Nikorogha in Edo state, where
I stayed to sell clothes while my son stayed in Benin.
“I just saw
some policemen who said the commissioner of police wanted to see me and I
followed them. When I got here, they asked me where my son was but I
had not seen my son, as I was not based in Benin.
“That was how I
was taken to Abuja. It was in Benin I was now told that my son was
among the people who killed the girl. Lucky is a stylist and I have not
seen him for more than five months now.”
The Commissioner of
Police a Special squad from Abuja was deployed by the Inspector General
of Police, Muhammed Adamu who joined the team in the state to carry-out
the investigation.
He told reporters that, “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 efforts of the police to get at the root of
the crime and today, I announce to you and make public that the
perpetrators have been arrested.
“The postmortem results had
actually confirmed that she was raped. I assured the people of Edo state
that we would leave no stone unturned to unravel the mystery behind
this.
“These criminals went into the church building to rape and gruesomely murdered her. The perpetrators have been arrested.
The investigation has been painstaking and we have a total of six suspects.” He said they would be charged to court soon.
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