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Mass Communication Graduate Raped And Killed In Benue State (Photos)
A 24-year-old woman, Pleasure Onoh, was on Wednesday murdered by some hoodlums in Makurdi, the Benue State capital.
The girl, a graduate of Mass Communication from the Benue State College awaiting name up from the Nationwide Youth Service Corps, was allegedly raped and killed at North Financial institution Space of Makurdi.
She was mentioned to have obtained a name from somebody to come back to a specific place at North Financial institution, a suburb of Makurdi to produce garments.
The mom of the deceased, Mrs Grace Onoh, a widow with three kids and native of Obollo Afor, Enugu State, informed journalists that Pleasure who was her first youngster informed her that she was going to North Financial institution to produce garments to some folks.
Mrs Onoh who mentioned she misplaced her husband about twelve years in the past narrated how her daughter had been struggling to ship herself to the College by the little enterprise.
The household lives off Adikpo Avenue behind NUJ secretariat Makurdi.
“Pleasure left house on Tuesday to ship Turtle Neck material to some individuals at Federal Housing, North Financial institution.
“She left the home at about 4.50pm and didn’t return once more. I made frantic efforts to name her telephone however somebody busied it. Her sister Cynthia known as and this time, it went by however she cried and requested her sister to ship her financial institution particulars.
“I reported the matter to the Police that evening however they requested me to come back again the subsequent day. The subsequent day, they informed me to attend until after 24 hours solely to listen to by 5pm that her physique was discovered at Federal Low Value in North Financial institution.
The State Police Public Relations Officer, DSP Catherine Anene who confirmed the case mentioned a case of a lacking particular person was reported to the Police and a search was performed.
Anene mentioned on twentieth October 2021, Pleasure’s corpse was found at about 7am in a bush a Federal Low Value.
“She was known as to ship items at Federal Housing North Financial institution Makurdi and we later found her corpse in a bush.
“Investigation is ongoing to determine the reason for her dying,” DSP Anene mentioned.
