The Edo State Police Command has arrested one of the suspects linked to the rape and murder of 100-level student of University of Benin, Vera Omozuwa.
According to DSP Chidi Nwabuzor, spokesman of the Edo State Police Command, the suspect was arrested after the fingerprint on the fire extinguisher she was attacked with was examined.
Recall on Monday, the Inspector General of Police (IGP) Mohammed Adamu said he has ordered the deployment of forensic experts to Edo state to unravel the circumstances that led to the student’s death, with the aim of bringing perpetrators to book.
Omozuwa was attacked while studying inside the church of the Redeemed Christian Church of God, in Benin city, according to Nigerian police.
The 22-year-old university student was taken to hospital where doctors battled to save her, but Omozuwa died three days later, the church spokesman, Olaitan Olubiyi said.
Police spokesman described Omozuwa’s death as a “brutal attack” in a statement, the Police authorities promised to “bring the perpetrators of the callous act to book in the shortest possible time .”
Olubiyi, spokesperson of Redeemed Christian Church of God said Omozuwa was a member of the choir who had studied privately at the church since lockdown measures due to the coronavirus pandemic were put in place in Nigeria in March.
“We are all devastated by her death. She decided to do some private studies during the lockdown because the church was peaceful. She’s been taking the key from the parish pastor and returning it after her studies.
“But that day she didn’t return it and the night guard who resumed duty found her in a pool of her own blood and half-naked in the church hall,” Olubiyi added.
