A recent graduate of the University of Benin (UNIBEN) was beaten, raped, and killed by unknown assailants who abandoned her corpse on the road.
Adekolure Idowu Glory had completed her program in UNIBEN and visited the school to process her clearance.
On her way home on Thursday, June 13, 2024, the 22-year-old was attacked by unknown assailants who beat her up, raped her, and killed her, leaving her corpse close to her family’s home in Iyowa community, Benin, Edo State.
She was bleeding from her private part when she was found and marks on her body indicated she had been brutally beaten.
Her body has been deposited in the morgue.
Her family is now asking for help to identify the killers and make them pay for their crimes.
Her brother took to X to write: “Justice for my younger sister Adekolure Idowu Glory, who was rape and killed in lyowa Community Benin Edo state on her way back from school (Uniben) she went for her clearance and her corpse drop close to her mother’s house.
“Please help us seek for justice for my kid sister that just graduated from university of Benin (Uniben)April 2024 and still processing her projects and clearance and was rape to death on her way back from school on Thursday 13th/6/2024 just 22 years.
“Her lifeless body has been deposited to UBTH mortuary on the 15/6/24 with the help of the Nigerian police from Ekiadolor division, she was beaten, rape and killed please Nigerians come to my rescue, the help i need now is just for my innocent sister, my mum can’t hold herself.”
(Linda Ikeji)