The Edo State Police Command has paraded six suspected in connection with the murder of Vera Omozuwa, the 100-level student of the University of Benin murdered inside the Redeemed Christian Church of God building where she had gone to study three months ago.
Parading the suspects in Benin, Edo State capital on Wednesday, Commissioner of Police, Edo State Command, Johnson Kokumo, disclosed that the 23-year-old the post-mortem result revealed that the 23-year-old Omozuwa was raped. He gave the names of the suspects as Nelson Ogbebor, Akato Valentine, Tina Samuel, Mary Ade, Nosa Osabohien and Collins Ulegbe.
He said the Inspector General of Police, IGP, Muhammed Adamu, sent homicide experts to work with the policemen at the state criminal investigation department.
According to him, the arrest of the suspects is a product of the uniting efforts of the police to get at the root of the crime, adding, “ Today, I announce to you and making public through this medium that the perpetrators have been arrested.”
He said the suspects had made confessional statements. “I assured the good people of Edo State that we will leave no stone unturned to unravel the mystery behind this,” he said.
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