Vera Uwaila Omozuwa, a 100-level microbiology student of the
University of Benin (UNIBEN) in Edo, has reportedly died after she was raped
inside a church in the state.
It was gathered that the incident happened on May 27, inside
a parish of the Redeemed Christian Church of God (RCCG) near Ikpoba Hill in
Benin.
Omozuwa was said to have gone into the place of worship to
read in preparation for resumption of school after spending months at home due
to the coronavirus pandemic.
While reading in the church, she was said to have been
attacked and raped after which her head was smashed with a fire extinguisher which
left her unconscious.
It was reported that the student was rushed to an intensive
care unit of a hospital located at Omozuwa where she eventually breathed her
last.
The student’s death comes weeks after Jennifer, a
18-year-old girl, was allegedly gang raped by five boys reported to be her
friends in Kaduna state.
The development has since been generating reactions on
social media with many Nigerians calling for the arrest of Vera’s attackers
using the hashtag #JusticeForUwa.
Joining the fray, Osagie Ize-Iyamu, a pastor and
governorship aspirant in the state under the platform of the All Progressives
Congress (APC), described the incident as “saddening”.
“I am deeply saddened to learn about Vera Uwaila Omozuwa, a
100 level student of the department of Microbiology, UNIBEN, who was the victim
of a brutal rape and murder that took place on May 27 in Benin. My deepest
condolences are with her family and friends. #JusticeForUwa,” he wrote on
Twitter.
Here is what some Nigerians had to say:
I am deeply saddened to learn about Vera Uwaila Omozuwa, a 100 level student of the department of Microbiology, UNIBEN, who was the victim of a brutal rape and murder that took place on May 27th in Benin. My deepest condolences are with her family and friends.#JusticeForUwa pic.twitter.com/uMdRIfPoWY— Pastor Ize-Iyamu (@PastorIzeIyamu) May 31, 2020
I am so irritated and angry. Why? How can anyone sleep after such an act? Rape and kill an innocent person? Its an Error! @PoliceNG UWA's killer must be brought to justice.@GovernorObaseki justice must prevail. Its painful.#JusticeForUwa— Eneyo Edet Asuquo (@IamEnexy) May 31, 2020
She was raped and killed in RCCG in Benin City and her killers are still at large. Please @PoliceNG help bring them to justice #JusticeForUwa pic.twitter.com/AyoNsn3BxE— Kenneth Ojeaga (@iammegaken) May 31, 2020
Tolerating evil only leads to more evil. And when good people standby and do nothing when evil reigns, our community will be consumed. We always should speak up against injustice and wickedness.— I'm Dammy (@AyamDamiee) May 31, 2020
Today it's Uwa and Tina, we don't know who's next. #JusticeForUwa#JusticeForTina
We will keep doing our best to honor your names and get you all justice, the over hundred unidentified lives lost in the kaduna massacre, Tina, Uwa and every other innocent Nigerian whose live was ended abruptly.#KadunaMassacre #JusticeForUwa #JusticeForTina #NigeriaBleeds— 🇳🇬 #BlackLivesMatter #KadunaMassacre (@_illeglrl) May 31, 2020
Until systems in Nigeria realise the true value in action & consequences social menace would be impossible to curb!— OLUOMO OF DERBY 🇳🇬 🇬🇧 (@Oluomoofderby) May 31, 2020
Everyday a Nigerian woman is RAPED or KILLED and the @PoliceNG have failed many women in our society.
May your soul RIP UWA. It’s a real shame.
#JusticeForUwa
We live in a world were natural affection is lacking. A world where there's no fellow feeling. A loveless and lawless world.#rape is not okay#rape is evil#rape is bad#JusticeForUwa pic.twitter.com/N0h2FDy2Lh— Uber_Person ☢ (@29broke) May 31, 2020
Please do not share the photographs of Uwa Omozuwa’s broken body.— Sugabelly 🌕 (@sugabelly) May 31, 2020
After being brutally assaulted with a fire extinguisher, raped in a church in Benin, and finally murdered, the very least we owe her in death is dignity
She would not want to be remembered that way#JusticeForUwa
Click to signup for FREE news updates, latest information and hottest gists everydayUniversity of Benin undergraduate student, Uwa Omozuwa was brutally and viciously raped, murdered in a Church and those who perpetrated this dastardly act are still walking free? @PoliceNG, you have work to do. #JusticeForUwa. This wickedness must not go unpunished. pic.twitter.com/KAiuEAYFEJ— Concerned Nigerians (@ConcernedNIG) May 31, 2020
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Was there no security personnel in the church?. This so sad
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