SAN FRANCISCO, August 27, (THEWILL) – Six suspects who allegedly raped and killed Uwaila Vera Omozuwa, a 100-Level Microbiology student of the University of Benin, were Wednesday, August 25, paraded by the Edo State Police Command.
The suspects are Nelson Ogbebor, Akato Valentine, Mrs. Tina Samuel, Mrs. Mary Ade, Nosa Osabohien and Collins Ulegbe.
Narrating his involvement, one of the suspects said they were contracted by Mrs. Mary Ade, to carry out the killing for ritual purposes. After the act, they allegedly cleaned the deceased’s blood with a white handkerchief and handed it over to Mary.
Parading the suspects, the state Commissioner of Police, Mr. Johnson Kokumo, said the Police decided to intensify their efforts in unravelling those behind the death of the student following the wide outcry that it generated and also the interest put in by the Inspector-General of Police.
“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.
CP Kokumo said the arrest of the suspects came out of the joint effort of the police to get at the root of the crime. “I announce to you and make public through this medium that the perpetrators have been arrested”, he said.
The CP said “the post-mortem results had actually confirmed that she was raped.” Kokumo said he had earlier told the people of the state and Nigeria at large that the police would do all within their powers to unmask those behind her death. He said the parade of the killer suspects has made good their promise.
Recall that Uwaila was said to have gone to a church to read when the suspects went into the church, raped and inflicted a very serious injury on her that eventually led to her death days later in the hospital.
