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Suspects nabbed in connection to Uwaila Omozuwa rape and murder

Suspects nabbed in connection to Uwaila Omozuwa rape and murder

Department of Police in Edo State has managed to apprehend suspects  of rape and killing of Uwaila Omozuwa.

The 22-year-old was assaulted and lethally injured while perusing inside a Reclaimed Christian Church of God on May 27, 2020.

She died three-days-after and her case turned into the point for a resurgence in the mission against rape in Nigeria.

The Edo State Police Order strutted Nelson Ogbebor, Akato Valentine, Tina Samuel, Mary Ade, Nosa Osabohien, and Collins Ulegbe as suspects on August 26.

“What we are seeing today, is a result of the uniting efforts of the police to get at the root of the crime,” Johnson Kokumo said.

Osabohien, a telephone repairer, was the first to be captured by the police since he purchased Uwa’s telephone for N17,000, provoking him to lead specialists to Ulegbe who’s been recognized as the chief suspect.

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Ulegbe admitted to hitting Uwa with the discharge quencher that has been recognized as the homicide weapon and left at the area.

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He named Ogbebor and Valentine as different speculates who were correspondingly at the area of the wrongdoing with him. The two of them denied their association.

Ade, distinguished as the driving force, supposedly offered the entirety of N1m to the pack to slaughter Uwa for ceremonial purposes.

She denied the charge and said she would demonstrate her honesty in court.

Samuel was captured for troubling cops who needed to capture her child who has additionally been distinguished as a suspect.

She said she hasn’t seen her 21-year-old beautician child in five months.

Ulegbe rejected that the assaulted Uwa, however Kokumo said an after death assessment affirmed that she was, actually, assaulted.