‘I got N1m from my landlady to kill UNIBEN student for ritual’ says suspect

                                                                                       Uwaila Vera Omozua

The Police in Edo State have arrested the suspected killers of Uwaila Vera Omozua, a student of the University of Benin (UNIBEN).

Gentechnews gathered that one of the suspects connected to the killing of Uwaila Vera Omozua, while studying inside a church, has claimed that he received N1 million to murder his victim.

Vera, the 100-level microbiology student of UNIBEN had died from injuries sustained after she was attacked with a fire extinguisher and raped inside a parish of the Redeemed Christian Church of God (RCCG) near Ikpoba Hill in Benin.

After months of discreet investigation, the police in Edo arrested and paraded six suspects identified as Nelson Ogbebor, Akato Valentine, Tina Samuel, Mary Ade, Nosa Osabohien and Collins Ulegbe.

The suspect, Collins, who hails from Agbor in Delta state, while fielding questions, claimed that Ade, his landlady, gave them N1 million to kill the undergraduate.

Nosa, a phone repairer, was the first to be arrested by the police and he said he bought late Vera’s phone from Collins for N17,000.

Nosa, then led the police to arrest Collins who confessed to have directly participated in the murder.

Collins also alleged that Ade asked him to wipe the deceased’s private part with a handkerchief for “ritual purposes”.

Ade, however, denied the allegation, stressing that she never asked him to carry out the act and vowed to prove her innocence in court.

The Edo State Police Commissioner, Johnson Kokumo, said a post-mortem conducted on the deceased’s body showed that she was raped, but Collins denied that statement.

However, the Edo governor,

Godwin Obaseki, had ordered the police to thoroughly investigate, arrest and prosecute anyone found culpable in Vera’s death.