Adeboye Calls for Prayers for God to Unmask Killers of UNIBEN Student

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The General Overseer of the Redeemed Christian Church of God (RCCG), Pastor Enoch Adeboye, today, reacted to the reported rape and subsequent killing of a University of Benin (UNIBEN) 100 level student, Vera Omozuwa, in one of the parishes of the church on Ikpoba Hill, Benin city.

Adeboye, in a message on his verified Twitter handle, called for prayers for “God to bring the perpetrators to justice”.

Also, in a statement that accompanied the post, the cleric commiserated with the family of the victim.

He also said the RCCG management would cooperate fully with the police to unravel the crime and arrest the perpetrators.

“All I can do at this time is to pray for the family of Omozuwa and do everything possible working with relevant authorities to bring the perpetrators to book. I and members of my family condemn this act strongly and urge everyone to stay calm as we are already looking into the matter and cooperating with the police to establish the facts of the shocking situation… #justiceforuwa.”

The 23-year-old victim was reportedly raped and afterwards struck on the head with a fire extinguisher inside a hall in the said parish, where she had gone to study.

She died on May 31, 18 days after, at the University of Benin Teaching Hospital.

NewsmakersNG learnt that she was in a coma after incident, making it impossible for the police to obtain a statement from her before she died.

The hashtag, #justiceforuwa is currently trending on social media networks with hundreds of Nigerians calling for an efficient investigation and arrest and conviction of the perpetrators.

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