Written by Obinna Akukwe
I want to commend the
Inspector General of Police Mohammed Adamu and the detectives who through the
mighty hand of God arrested the killers and rapists of Uwaila, murdered in
Redeemed Christian Church of God, Benin City.
I have written in the earlier article that it is
a disgrace to christendom and that the rapists should be apprehended before
something worse happens to the church. I wrote in the piece titled ‘Covid-19
Murder Rape in RCCG, Disgrace to Christendom ‘ that
“Rape and murder occurred in RCCG church amidst
coronavirus pandemic and a great disgrace has been brought to Christendom, yet
church leaders have not read the handwriting on the wall. Since the history of
Nigeria’s amalgamation in 1914, for the first time a virgin girl was tied,
gagged, blindfolded, raped, filmed and murdered in a church in Nigeria.-and
everything is wrong with it.
“People have been killed in churches. In 2011,
Jihadist Christmas bomber attacked St Theresa’s Catholic Church, Madalah and
killed over fifty worshipers. Churches have been bombed in Nigeria. In Anambra
State, South African based drug barons carried their killing spree into St Philips
Catholic Church,Ozubulu and in the process thirteen worshippers were shot dead
, even though propagandists blamed herdsmen.
“These are different aspects of desecration of
worship places in Nigeria during conflicts, but never had someone been raped
and killed in a church during peacetime. This is the initial results of the
abdication of the spiritual edge of the church in the wake of the coronavirus
pandemic”.
I argued further that “The churches in Nigeria
have been severely struck. More strikes will come between now and when
governments have the magnanimity to open up the worship space. The church in
Nigeria had lost control to the Illuminatic government officials.
“A faithful church worker by name Uwaila Vera
Omozuwa, 22- year-old and 100-level student of the Department of Microbiology,
Faculty of Life Sciences, University of Benin, Edo state, Nigeria was murdered
on Wednesday 27th May, 2020, inside the Ikpoba Hill branch of the Redeemed
Christian Church of God (RCCG) in Benin, Edo State. This is not a
denominational problem; it is just a warning strike from the kingdom of
darkness to the Nigerian church that they have arrived. Before the church
receives more strikes, let them employ the services of all the spiritual
resources at their disposal to ensure that the criminals, murderers and privies
are apprehended.
“The rape and murder of Uwaila Vera Omozuwa, in
RCCG church is a slap on Christendom and the earlier our religious leaders use
spiritual powers to fish out the perpetrators, the better for the battered
image of the church”.
I thank God for all the
persons who prayed for the criminals to be apprehended, and thank God who
answered the prayers. Those who joined the outcry against rape in Nigeria
deserve commendations. Pastor Adeboye said that he will not rest till God
apprehends the rapists. The police put on the garb of professionalism and
brought the vermins to the law.
Let the police continue
this good work and apprehend all the other rapists all over Nigeria including
those who sponsored the rape of Chibok school girls to death. Let us all outcry
against all the injustice against women in Nigeria, including child marriage,
domestic rape, sexual harassment, rape, murder and all stone age behaviors
which has surfaced in the fabled Giant of Africa.
According to the good news
of arrest of the wicked which is worth rehearsing-
The Edo State Police Command has arrested six suspects in connection to the brutal rape and murder of Uwaila Omozuwa.
The 22-year-old first year
student of the University of Benin, was raped and fatally wounded while reading
inside a Redeemed Christian Church of God (RCCG) parish on May 27, 2020.
She died three days later
and her case became the rallying point for resurgence in the national campaign
against gender-based violence in Nigeria.
The Edo State Police
Command paraded Nelson Ogbebor, Akato Valentine, Tina Samuel, Mary Ade, Nosa
Osabohien, and Collins Ulegbe as suspects on Wednesday, August 26.
The Edo State Commissioner
of Police, Johnson Kokumo, told journalists that the suspects have already made
confessional statements to the Police.
"What we are seeing
today, is a result of the uniting efforts of the police to get at the root of
the crime," Kokumo said.
Uwa's brutal rape and murder reignited conversations about sexual crimes in Nigeria [Punch]
Uwa's brutal rape and murder reignited conversations about sexual crimes in Nigeria [Punch]
Osabohien, a phone
repairer, was the first to be arrested by the police because he bought Uwa's
phone for N17, 000, prompting him to lead authorities to Ulegbe who's been
identified as the principal suspect.
Ulegbe confessed to
striking Uwa with the fire extinguisher that has been identified as the murder
weapon and left at the scene of the crime.
He named Ogbebor and
Valentine as other suspects who were similarly at the scene of the crime with
him. They both denied their involvement.
Ade, identified as the
mastermind, allegedly offered the sum of N1 million to the gang to kill Uwa for
ritual purposes.
She denied the allegation
and said she would prove her innocence in court.
Samuel was arrested for
allegedly assaulting police officers who wanted to arrest her son, Lucky, who
has also been identified as a suspect but remains at large.
She said she hasn't seen
her 21-year-old hair stylist son in five months.
Ulegbe denied that the gang
raped Uwa, but Kokumo said a post-mortem examination confirmed that she was, in
fact, raped
Obinna Akukwe , Writer,
Columnist via profetobinna2@yahoo.com,
@obinnaakukwe
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