Cynthia Osokogu, who was murdered in the FESTAC area of Lagos by two Facebook friends on July 22, was buried in her home town, Boji Boji Owa in Ika North-East Local Government Area of Delta State on Friday.
Friends and relatives of the deceased, who witnessed the burial, wept bitterly as the coffin was lowered into the grave.
The burial should have taken place on Sept. 7, but was postponed on the advice of the police, who had yet to conclude autopsy on the corpse. Meanwhile, a Yaba Magistrate’s Court on Friday nullified the bail granted two suspects arrested in connection with the murder of Osokogu.
This is just as the police substituted the criminal charges against all the seven suspects arrested in connection with the incident.
Five of the suspects, Okwumo Nwabufo, Olisaeloka Ezike, Orji Osita (pharmacist), Chukwunonso Maduakor (pharmacist), and Gideon Okechukwu, had been charged with eight offences bordering on murder, rape, robbery and administering an obnoxious substance to the deceased and had been remanded in Ikoyi Prison without the option of bail pending the advice of the Director of Public Prosecutions.
The two other suspects, Nonso Ezike, Olisaeloka’s younger brother, and Chinonso Ezeaka had been charged with receiving and selling Cynthia’s BlackBerry phone, but were granted bail in the sum of N500,000 with two sureties in like sum by another magistrate, Mr. P.A. Adekomaya, on Sept. 26, 2012.
The police, however, withdrew the earlier charges filed against all the accused persons and filed three fresh ones, bringing the total number of charges to 11.
The police also consolidated the charges, which implies that Nonso and Ezeaka would be charged with a capital offence like the other accused persons, thereby nullifying their bail.
Counsel to Ezeaka, Mr. J.C. Ngobili, described the act as unjust and told the court that charges 10 and 11 were a repetition of the old ones.
It was noted that only the ninth charge, fraudulently inviting Cynthia to Lagos, was the only new charge.
“Counts number 10 and 11 are the same as that in the old charge sheet, no missing words, and the same sentence,” he said.
Ngobili added that Ezeaka had just met his stringent bail conditions only for the police to appear with fresh charges.
Police prosecutor, Chukwu Agwu, however, maintained that the connection between the receivers of the property and the alleged murderers was too thin.
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Cynthia,we miss u but only God knows the best. Through d intercession of our blessed mother Mary,may ur gentle soul rest in peace, amen. (IYKE)
ReplyDeletePoor girl, may your gentle soul rest in peace. For the perpetrators,... Its well! they are already worse than the dead. However may God forgive them for they truly know not what they have done.
ReplyDeleteCynthia is nothing but asawo.
ReplyDeleteAnonymous 8:25,did u jst say that?Did u actually call this poor girl dats just been buried an 'asawo'?Pray for forgiveness and I hope God will forgive u..U are such a heartless soul...I don't blame you..I blame nigerianeye for publishing every Tom,Dick and Harry's comment..If this happened to your own sister,would u say the same thing?Or you think your sister is immuned to been played like Cynthia was?If God forgives u for that statement u made I tell u,family of friends of Cynthia would never..When problems start pouring on u like rain from heaven,don't be surprised that it could be as a result of this statement you jst made...You are heartless and u are no different from the people dat raped and killed Cynthia...
ReplyDeletethat annonymous that called her asawo is nothing but a heartlesss moron. i am not sorry to say.she could have been his/her sister for crying out loud.
ReplyDeleteThis above stated comment that this poor( Lady is nothing but asawo)is evil.This commentator should be watched closely and if properly investigated and monitored, perhaps could be a member of another gang of sons of dogs and hell somewhere. Ladies should be careful, these guys are all over the place, and their aim is to debase, rape and later stramgle them.For all reasons, why should they killed her, This person;s mother must have been a prostitute to but probably escaped been strangled.
ReplyDeleteREAL ASAWO MY BROTHER, BUT SHE DO NOT DESERVE THIS, BECAUSE YOU AND ME ARE SINNERS TOO AND ATIMES PATRONIZE THE ASAWOS, SO LET JUSTICE TAKE IT PLACE. CYNTHIA REST IN PEACE
ReplyDeleteD babe made a deadly mistake, bt d two bastards, devil incarnates shld follow Cynthia sharp sharp, there's no two ways abt it. I dnt knw y d Police is stil delaying their execution uptill now. D way tins ar going, dnt b suprised dt those bastards wil eventually b released. Na 9ja, anytin can happen
ReplyDeleteThose who murdered this Lady must die through gas chamber. Why kill such a girl? even if she made them spend so much without caring to open her legs... whatever is her crime should not be equated to killing her. After all love is a game. No body should sympathise with her killers when thier time comes because they can never go scot free.
ReplyDeleteI'm stunned i must say, a lot of us have even honoured more invitations than Cynthia, just dat she's unfortunate. May her soul rest in peace. But i'll advice dat there's nothing wrong in meeting one on one with a friend u met on a social network but d venue matters.
ReplyDeleteThis cynthia issue will sarve a lesson to all. watch and pray,so that u will not fall into the hand of enemies that call themself friends of social network.may her soul rest in peace.
ReplyDeleteit is quit unfortunate dat her story on earth ends like dis. very very sad but GOD knows d best. MAY d gud GOD in his infinite mercy give d family of the deceased the fortitude to bear d loss and may he also forgive her Amen.
ReplyDeleteThe murderers should be equally put to death
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