Edo State Police Command
have begun hunt for some rapists who raped a 17-year-old girl identified as
Peace Onaiwu to death. According to TheNation,
Peace was found raped and dead, her body was found inside the shop where she
worked as a salesgirl.
The incident happened along
one of the shops at the busy Uwasota Junction, Ugbowo in Egor local government
area. Her corpse was found inside the
shop at about 4:55pm with her undies pulled aside while her head was covered
with a black cellophane bag.
Public Relations Officer
for Edo Police Command, DSP Chidi Nwabuzor, who confirmed the incident said
operatives of Ugbowo Police Division remove the corpse. DSP Nwabuzor said some persons have been
arrested even as investigators at the homicide section have deepened
investigation. He said a case of rape
and possible ritual were also being looked into by the operatives.
Sources in the area
wondered how assailants could sneak into a shop in broad daylight, raped and
murdered their neighbour without being noticed. Late Peace was said to have opened the shop
for business around 8 am and was found dead inside the same shop in the
evening. Father of the deceased, Mr
Onaiwu, urged the police to unravel the killers.
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