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Despite being rushed to the intensive care unit of a hospital, she couldn't make it as she succumbed to the injuries sustained during the savage attack.
Vera Uwaila Omozuwa
According to SaharaReporters, a 22-year-old 100Level student of Microbiology at the University of Benin, Edo State, Vera Uwaila Omozuwa, has been brutally raped and killed inside a church in the city while reading.
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The tragic incident, which happened three days ago, according to friends, saw her attackers smashing her head with a fire extinguisher and leaving her unconscious around the Ikpoba Hill area of Benin City, the state capital.
Despite being rushed to the intensive care unit of a hospital, Omozuwa couldn't make it as she succumbed to the injuries sustained during the savage attack.
Friends and all those, who knew her closely during her lifetime, have been paying tribute and calling for the perpetrators of the crime to be brought to justice.
"It is with a heavy heart that I announce the passing away of our loved one, friend, sister and course mate.
"She was raped on her way home from church and had her head smashed with a fire extinguisher in broad day light around Ikpoba Hill, Benin City. This happened yesterday, May 30, 2020," one friend wrote.
A Twitter user with the handle @Weezard2 wrote, "Now this is a girl that just got admission, hasn't even done matriculation, and she was murdered in church.
"She's a newly admitted student of University of Benin, Microbiology Department. #justiceForUwa."
Also commenting on the incident, another Twitter user with the handle @MohammedBlack_ said, "Saddening how our community gradually becomes unsafe for us. People getting killed on a daily frivolously.
"May Uwa's soul rest in peace and I hope her family ever finds the strength to bear this loss. This is for all of us. Hopefully, the perpetrators are caught! #justiceForUwa."
In his own tribute on Twitter, OptomDr0812 said, "I had high hopes that you will make it, I told your mum to be strong, you are just too soft to go through such excruciating pain.
"You fought with those animals, you fought to stay alive in ICU, please don't rest until those demons are caught. #justiceforuwa."
Spokesperson for the police in Edo State, Chidi Nwabuzor, when contacted by SaharaReporters on Sunday morning, did not respond to telephone calls to his mobile number while a text message sent on the matter wa yet to be replied as of the time of this report.
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