The parents of slain Cynthia Osokogu have described the dead of their only daughter as devastating, illogical and highly incomprehensible saying though vengeance belong to God, those who perpetrated the dastardly act should be brought to book so as to deter those who take pleasure in killing innocent people at will.
Speaking at their ECWA Staff new GRA home at Farin-Gada area of Jos, the parents in separate interview to newsmen further described the late Masters Degree student as a very intelligent girl who was not playing pranks but had a promising future, full of life.
According to the father, Major-General Frank Osokogu (rtd), the dead of their daughter though painful and shocking has not been in vain as it is a caution to youths who get to know friends on social media of whatever name and venture to meet the unknown people.
Osokogu described the daughter’s action as an adventure which was a bit too much.
However, the mother, Chief (Mrs.) Joyrita Osokogu who said she had been of fasting since their daughter went missing disclosed that she had some worry because the daughter was too fast in life and accomplished so much in her young age that she had to caution her on the need to settle down in marriage.
According to her, “My daughter had been very wonderful and intelligent, she attended Command Secondary School, Jos where she won many laurels and she graduated from Nassarawa State University with good grades at the age of 21 and she read English Education.
“She was Miss NYSC Batch ‘B’ 2010; she was a queen as she was a runner-up in Miss Nigeria 2010 which she participated. She was studying Public Administration in her Masters programme and just finished her exam before she met her untimely death”.
The late Cynthia was working with the just folded up MTN call centre in Jos and was running her boutique, Dress Code in Keffi in Nassarawa State.
She stated that Cynthia was not living a rough life and she was urging her to think about getting married and she promised she will introduce her fiancé to the parents very soon.
Both parents confirmed they did not know about their daughter’s death on time as her killers took her phone and kept promising them that she was in a hospital which they gave the name as Symbol hospital in Benin but the hospital turned out to be a fake one.
Her killers eventually told the family of Cynthia’s death and the MTN assisted the family in the tracking the area where the calls were made from to Festac town in Lagos.
They said it was when friends whom she told of her trip to Lagos to get her goods did not see her return on the appointed day that they got worried and called the family.
Meanwhile, Miss Patience John, the sales girl who assisted the late Cynthia in her boutique described her late boss as very humane and always treat her well.
A condolence register has been opened in her family home and sympathizers who had one good thing or the other to say about her were seen signing the register.
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I guess she is an angel,and has gone back to heaven,RIP!
ReplyDeleteLord have mercy and deliver us from unfriendly friends, amen!
ReplyDeleteThose that hv been posting wrong comments abt ds girl shld hv a rethink. Pls let us respect d girl frm her mother's view. D girl must hv com to Lagos thinking dat d killer may be her right man but unfortunately she lost her life. May ur soul rest in peace
ReplyDeleteIt is never easy after losing a loved one. I wish i could say that with time, the wounds will heal but it never really does. That memory will always bring the long forgotten ache. I can imagine what the family is going through now.
ReplyDeleteHmmmm.................am really short of words.wot a promising,beautiful damsel.may ur soul continue to rest in the bosso of thy Lord.good nyt cynthia.RIP.
ReplyDeleteRIP Cynthia. my beloved friend. hv not got over the sad news of ur untimely death. for those of u posting rubbish statement about d innocent, God have mercy on u.
ReplyDeleteYes may her soul rest in perfect peace!!! Wat a lost?
ReplyDeleteFirst of all, may her soul rest in peace, my condolences to her family & friends, all thanks 2 God and those who worked 2wards unraveling this case. This is really sad. Worse still, that some people instead of showing love & support & giving same decided to judge someone who can't say anything in her defence & find her guilty of what they don't even know & then publish their ignorance & wickedness on the web. It is not in our place to judge, but to show love & pray for ourselves, our loved ones & hope that amongst the mistakes we make in life, we don't mk one that will lead to our death or cause sorrow & pain to our loved ones. I choose to concern myself with the family, may d lord heal u & console u. To nigeria,may d lord heal our land & turn us away from our wickedness. To those who judge, remember, u shall be judged and for d killers, u ve murdered peace.
ReplyDeleteWat a gr8t lost my prayers is dat de killers shuld be made 2 face de full wrath of almighty God, n may her gentle soul rest in peace. Amen
ReplyDeleteKudos 2 last speaker. Wat a gr8 achiever @ so tender age. May God console d family she left behind. Just no dat d world is comin 2 an end soonest. Death awaits everybody. May be God dont want her 2 xperience antichrist n 666. Take heart!
ReplyDeletemay her gentle soul rest in peace.other young ladies should learn something from dis incident
ReplyDeleteMay her soul RIP. Lord pls see the single ladies through and help us not to b victims of evil circumstances IJN.
ReplyDeletelike cynthia's father said;"the death of his daughter is not in vain, becos he hopes other ladies will learn their lessons and not get carried away by the frenzy and thrills of social media of whatever nomenclature.the case of cynthia is simply that of exuberance combined with greed and lust.
ReplyDeleteetim udoka peter- abuja