Gov. Obaseki Blows Hot On the Killer Of UNIBEN Student Who Was Raped And Killed At RCCG Branch

The Executive Governor of Edo state, H.E Godwin Obaseki, has ordered a thorough investigation into the circumstances that led to the death of Miss Vera Uwaila Omozuwa.

Vera is the 100-level student of the Department of Microbiology, University of Benin whom TellAfrica’s S’Teller had reported her murder after had been raped by a yet to be identified culprits.

Omozuwa was raped and killed in a Redeemed Christian Church of God branch in Benin while reading in isolation.

In a statement released by the Special Adviser to Governor Obaseki on Media and Communication Strategy, Mr Crusoe Osagie, the Governor had mandated the Nigeria Police Force and other relevant security agencies to bring the culprits to book.

Obaseki also expressed shock over the murder of a former Commissioner for Youths and Sports and chieftain of the All Progressives Congress in Edo State, Mr Presley Ediagbonya, by kidnappers.

The statement reads as follows;

β€œThe governor is deeply saddened by the news of the death of Miss Vera Uwaila Omozuwa.

β€œWe have been in consultation with the Edo State Command of the Nigeria Police Force and have mandated thorough investigation of the matter to ensure that those who are responsible for this heinous crime are brought to justice.

β€œI am deeply saddened by the news of the passing of Mr. Presley Ediagbonya, a chieftain of the All Progressives Congress in Edo State, who was said to have been murdered by his abductors days after his kidnap.

β€œI call on all security agencies including the Department of State Services and the police to spare no expense in fishing out the culprits and I can assure you that as a government, we will stop at nothing to We will make no distinction between the kidnappers who committed this act and those who harbour them.”

β€œI am deeply saddened by the news of the passing of Mr. Presley Ediagbonya, a chieftain of the All Progressives Congress in Edo State, who was said to have been murdered by his abductors days after his kidnap.

β€œI call on all security agencies including the Department of State Services and the police to spare no expense in fishing out the culprits and I can assure you that as a government, we will stop at nothing to We will make no distinction between the kidnappers who committed this act and those who harbour them.”

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