Native Doctor, Two Others Arrested Over Student’s Murder
The student was declared missing on April 1 in the Iru Egbede community, Orhionmwon Local Government Area of Edo State.
The suspects being paraded by the Edo State Police Command in Benin on May 8, 2024. Credit: Police.
A 26-year-old native doctor, Chukwuyem Jonah, and two others have been arrested over the alleged killing of Miss Faith Omodon, a 200-level student of Delta State University, Agbor, Delta State.
Police authorities said the student was declared missing on April 1 in the Iru Egbede community, Orhionmwon Local Government Area of Edo State, after she went to the farm and never returned.
Miss Omodon was said to have been strangled to death for resisting her kidnap, a situation that forced her father to report the matter to the police. This prompted the initial investigation by the Abudu Division before it was transferred to the State Criminal Investigation Department (SCID) in Benin City.
It was gathered that Jonah had promised the two other suspects Godspower Chukwuedo, 23, and Christopher Nwachukwu, 22 the sum of N30, 000 after executing the kidnap.
“The State CID operatives, while collaborating with a Vigilantes group, arrested the two suspects, Mr Chukwuedo, 23, and Mr Nwachukwu, 22,” the police said.
“The suspects confessed that they were resisted by Faith Omodon, and in the process they strangulated her to death,” the police said, adding that investigations are on to recover the corpse of the deceased and arraign the suspects in court.
08/05/2024
PRESS BRIEFING
MURDER OF A 200L STUDENT OF DELTA STATE UNIVERSITY AND ARREST OF SUSPECTS
It would be recalled that on 01/04/2024, that one Faith Omodon, a 200L student of Delta State University, Agbor who went to the farm in Ewohon/Uwemen communities in Edo State
— Edo State Police Command (@EdoPoliceNG) May 8, 2024
The Commissioner of Police Edo State, CP Funsho Adegboye, mni advised parents and guardians to monitor their children anywhere they go to and the kinds of friends they keep. He noted that, the atmosphere is so dangerous these days pic.twitter.com/F0ZKKR7kMP
