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Police makes breakthrough in latest rape and murder case.

Police arrest suspect linked to Uwa's murder | Pulse Nigeria

Jude Egbas

<h1>The police has arrested a suspect linked to the murder of 22-year-old Vera Uwaila Omozuwa.</h1>

<p>The 100 level Microbiology student of the University of Benin<a href="https://www.pulse.ng/news/local/how-uwa-of-uniben-was-raped-killed/j66p01q"> was found dead in her church parish </a>on May 27, 2020, after being clubbed with a fire extinguisher.</p>

<p>Her death has elicited outrage and sparked <a href="https://www.pulse.ng/news/local/nigerias-justice-system-has-not-been-tough-on-rapists-and-thats-why-we-are-here-pulse/0fsgtr7">a renewed campaign against rape</a> on social media, with the police and the Edo state government promising to find her killers and bring them to justice.</p>

<div class="embed"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">BREAKING<br>Vera Omozuwa: Police arrest suspect linked to murder of UNIBEN student<br><br>According to the spokesman of Edo Police Command, Chidi Nwabuzor, the suspect was arrested after the fingerprint on the fire extinguisher she was attacked with was examined.<a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/JusticeForUwa?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#JusticeForUwa</a></p>&mdash; Crypto Genesis 100x 📖🔥🚀 (@vpd_2s) <a href="https://twitter.com/vpd_2s/status/1267772623058096128?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 2, 2020</a></blockquote>
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<p>According to the Chairman of Nigerians in Diaspora Commission (NIDCOM), <strong>Abike Dabiri-Erewa,</strong> "<em>Police arrest suspect linked to murder of UNIBEN student.</em></p>

<p><em>"According to the spokesman of Edo Police Command, Chidi Nwabuzor, the suspect was arrested after the fingerprint on the fire extinguisher she was attacked with was examined. #JusticeForUwa."</em></p>

President Muhammadu Buhari. [Twitter@BashirAhmaad]

<p>On Tuesday, June 2, <strong>President Muhammadu Buhari </strong>ordered the police to investigate the murder expeditiously. <em>"I would like to offer my deepest condolences to the family and friends of Uwaila Omozuwa. I expect the Nigeria Police Force to speedily and diligently investigate this case and ensure that all the culprits responsible for this barbaric act are brought to justice," </em>the nation's number one citizen said.</p>

Uwa was killed by some men after she was raped in Benin

Police arrest suspect linked to Uwa's murder

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