Edo State Attorney-General and Commissioner for Justice, Prof Yinka Omorogbe, has revealed that slain 100-level Microbiology student of the University of Benin (UNIBEN), Uwa Omozuwa, was a virgin before she was raped and murdered. The AG was reacting to rumors on social media that the 22-year-old was pregnant for a pastor before she was raped and murdered inside a church last month. Prof.Omorogbe denied the terrible claims during a protest organized by members of the Edo Women Development Initiatives …
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The grieving sister of Vera Uwaila Omozuwa, the female student who was gang-raped and murdered inside a church in Benin, has revealed that she had a passion to study theology so she could become a minister and preach the word of God. Even after she gained admission to the University of Benin last year to study microbiology, Uwaila didn’t stop taking theological classes at a local parish of the Redeemed Christian Church of God in Edo State, her older sister Judith …
The Federal Government has directed the police to unravel the circumstances surrounding the gang-rape and murder of a female student of the University of Benin, Vera Uwaila Omozuwa, in Benin and the serial sexual abuse of a minor in Jigawa State by 14 men, with a view to bringing the perpetrators to justice. In a statement issued in Abuja today Tuesday, June 2, the Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed, said that by bringing the perpetrators of the heinous crimes …
President Buhari has reacted to the rape and gruesome murder of the first-year student of the University of Benin UNIBEN, Vera Uwaila Omozuwa, by yet to be identified persons on Wednesday, May 27. In a tweet posted this evening, the President expressed his deepest condolences to the family and friends of late Uwaila. He also stated that he expects the Police to apprehend and bring those behind the barbaric act to justice. His tweet reads ”I would like …
Actress, Funke Akindele-Bello has slammed an ‘insensitive’ lady on Twitter who questioned what Uwa Omazuwa, the University of Benin student who was raped and murdered inside in a church, was reading for before she was attacked. In a provocative tweet, Twitter user, @Mimi_banks wrote: ‘ Y’all saying #JusticeForUwa but then have u guys asked yourselves what was she reading for, for chrissake we were asked to stay indoors, she violated the Nigerian rule!…’ Funke Akindele, who got tagged in the …
A man left a comment that Facebook users believe hints at the motive behind the actions of Uwa Omozuwa’s killers and they’ve called for him to be investigated so he can reveal what he allegedly knows. Livinus Elem made a suspicious comment while reacting to a post reporting on Uwa Omozuwa’s death. He gloated over her death and blamed her for the attack. He wrote: “Good for her why will she be dating two room mates the same …