FROM IKHILI EBALU, BENIN CITY
Edo State government has condemned the alleged rape and gruesome murder of Adekolure Idowu Glory, a fresh graduate of the University of Benin, UNIBEN.
Miss Adekolure was said to have been raped and killed in Iyowa Community, Benin City, on June 13.
Aged 22, she was on her way home after processing her clearance when she was tortured and raped to death by yet-to-be-identified persons, and her remains dropped close to her mother’s house.
Reacting to the development in a statement yesterday, the Commissioner for Communication and Orientation, Chris Nehikhare expressed shock and sadness over the incident.
He said Governor Godwin Obaseki had ordered the commissioner of police to fish out the perpetrators of the dastardly act within seven days.
The statement reads: “Edo State government is shocked and deeply saddened by the gruesome murder of Adekolure Idowu Glory, a fresh graduate of the University of Benin who was allegedly raped and killed by yet-to-be-identified persons in Iyowa Community, within Benin metropolis.
“It is most disheartening to hear of the sad incident and the state government condemns, in the strongest terms, the dastardly and unconscionable act.
“Governor Obaseki expresses his deep-felt condolences to the family of the victim and has ordered the Commissioner of Police, Funsho Adegboye to thoroughly investigate the circumstances that led to her death and fish out the perpetrators of the heinous and mindless act within the next seven days.”
