20-year-old Joan Egemba , a National Diploma Degree in Accountancy graduate from the Federal Polytechnic Ilaro, was raped , stabbed and strangled to death by suspected rapists in the Ijebu Igbo area of Ogun State.
Reports reaching us said that the deceased left her home in the Odo Eran, Sango Otta on Thursday, March 3, around 12pm to write the 2016 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination in her centre at the National Open University of Nigeria centre in Awa Ijebu.
But her body was found in a bush at the back of a secondary school in Ijebu Igbo with bruises in her thighs and her undergarments torn.
Her mother has been inconsolable and wouldn't talk with the press but the father has this to say:
“On that Thursday, she left home around 12.30pm, but the bus she
boarded at Sango to the centre left around 2pm. She called at 5.30pm that she
had arrived there, but the security man at the centre did not open the gate for
her and others to pass the night on the premises. I told her to find a place in
the area till the following day when she would sit for the exam.
“Around 7pm, I called her again and she said the security man had opened the
gate for them. One hour after, I called again but she did not pick her calls. She
was supposed to sit for the exam at 6.30am on Friday. I called her around
12pm on Friday, her phone was switched off.
As early as 4am on Saturday, I
went to the centre to verify whether she sat for the exam or not. I met the
security man and he directed me to the JAMB office in Abeokuta. He denied that
he allowed my daughter into the school compound to pass the night.
“It was a woman that told us that a girl was kidnapped at Oru Junction and
taken towards Ijebu Igbo. We later discovered her corpse on Wednesday, March 9.
If the candidates were allowed to sleep inside the school, this incident would not
have happened.”
Emmanuel, a retired Assistant Superintendent of Nigerian Customs, said the loss
of his daughter was hard to bear, but the family had taken solace in God.
“I learnt it was rapists that killed her. Her body was not mutilated, but she had
cuts in the mouth and thighs. Her clothes and briefs were torn and she had
bruises in the back.
“We prayed before she left home on that day. While we were praying this
morning (Monday) I looked at where she used to sit and it was vacant,” he
said.
One of their neighbours who identified himself as Wale complained about the nonchalant attitude of the police force in Away Ijebu. He said the Divisional Police Officer
in Awa Ijebu did not act promptly when the case was reported and called for
comprehensive investigation to unravel Joan’s killers.
He said, “I followed Emmanuel to the police station on Wednesday, four days
after he reported the case, and I asked the DPO if he had visited the school. He
said no. He should have gone to the centre instantly to investigate. He is not fit
to be a policeman.
“It was at a building beside the NOUN centre that we got the information that
the girl was abducted. We traced her to Ijebu Igbo with her picture. At a motor
park there, we showed the picture to a man who told us her corpse was
dumped in a bush at the back of a school.
“I think she struggled with her abductors while they attempted to rape her. I
think they strangled her when they did not succeed in raping her. We want those
that perpetrate this act to be fished out and brought to book.”
Meanwhile Ogun State Police spokesperson, DSP Muyiwa Adejobi, said the command
was working with its Information and Communication Technology experts to track
down the suspects.
He said, “We are working on the information we have to get the culprits.
“Investigation is still ongoing and we are contacting our ICT experts on how we
can track down the culprits.”
Source: Punch News.
Reports reaching us said that the deceased left her home in the Odo Eran, Sango Otta on Thursday, March 3, around 12pm to write the 2016 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination in her centre at the National Open University of Nigeria centre in Awa Ijebu.
But her body was found in a bush at the back of a secondary school in Ijebu Igbo with bruises in her thighs and her undergarments torn.
Her mother has been inconsolable and wouldn't talk with the press but the father has this to say:
“On that Thursday, she left home around 12.30pm, but the bus she
boarded at Sango to the centre left around 2pm. She called at 5.30pm that she
had arrived there, but the security man at the centre did not open the gate for
her and others to pass the night on the premises. I told her to find a place in
the area till the following day when she would sit for the exam.
“Around 7pm, I called her again and she said the security man had opened the
gate for them. One hour after, I called again but she did not pick her calls. She
was supposed to sit for the exam at 6.30am on Friday. I called her around
12pm on Friday, her phone was switched off.
As early as 4am on Saturday, I
went to the centre to verify whether she sat for the exam or not. I met the
security man and he directed me to the JAMB office in Abeokuta. He denied that
he allowed my daughter into the school compound to pass the night.
“It was a woman that told us that a girl was kidnapped at Oru Junction and
taken towards Ijebu Igbo. We later discovered her corpse on Wednesday, March 9.
If the candidates were allowed to sleep inside the school, this incident would not
have happened.”
Emmanuel, a retired Assistant Superintendent of Nigerian Customs, said the loss
of his daughter was hard to bear, but the family had taken solace in God.
“I learnt it was rapists that killed her. Her body was not mutilated, but she had
cuts in the mouth and thighs. Her clothes and briefs were torn and she had
bruises in the back.
“We prayed before she left home on that day. While we were praying this
morning (Monday) I looked at where she used to sit and it was vacant,” he
said.
One of their neighbours who identified himself as Wale complained about the nonchalant attitude of the police force in Away Ijebu. He said the Divisional Police Officer
in Awa Ijebu did not act promptly when the case was reported and called for
comprehensive investigation to unravel Joan’s killers.
He said, “I followed Emmanuel to the police station on Wednesday, four days
after he reported the case, and I asked the DPO if he had visited the school. He
said no. He should have gone to the centre instantly to investigate. He is not fit
to be a policeman.
“It was at a building beside the NOUN centre that we got the information that
the girl was abducted. We traced her to Ijebu Igbo with her picture. At a motor
park there, we showed the picture to a man who told us her corpse was
dumped in a bush at the back of a school.
“I think she struggled with her abductors while they attempted to rape her. I
think they strangled her when they did not succeed in raping her. We want those
that perpetrate this act to be fished out and brought to book.”
Meanwhile Ogun State Police spokesperson, DSP Muyiwa Adejobi, said the command
was working with its Information and Communication Technology experts to track
down the suspects.
He said, “We are working on the information we have to get the culprits.
“Investigation is still ongoing and we are contacting our ICT experts on how we
can track down the culprits.”
Source: Punch News.
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