The Inspector-General of Police (IGP), Mohammed Adamu, has deployed additional “investigation aids and forensic support” to the Edo State Police Command to unravel the death of a student of the University of Benin (UNIBEN), Vera Omozuwa.
Miss Omozuwa, 22, who visited The Redeemed Christian Church of God, Miracle Sanctuary in Benin, Edo State, on May 27 to study, was accosted by unidentified men who raped and left her with head injuries, leading to her death three days later in a hospital.
Force spokesman, Frank Mba, in a statement on Monday, said the IGP assured that justice would be served.
The statement said the IGP, while condemning the attack, commiserated with the family, friends and colleagues of the deceased.
He called for calm and assured that the Force will surely bring the perpetrators of the callous act to book in the shortest possible time.
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