A 300 level student of the University of Ilorin (UNILORIN), Olajide Omowumi Blessing has been raped to death by suspected cultists, at her home in Tanke area of Ilorin on Tuesday.
Olajide, who until her death, was a student of the Agricultural Science Department, hailed from Oke-Opin in the Ekiti Local Government Area of the state.
Police Public Relations Officer, PPRO, Kwara State Police Command. Ajayi Okasanmi confirmed the death of Blessing.
According to him, “The deceased stayed with her elder sister, who came back from work at about 06.00p.m, on Tuesday, saying that she had tried severally to reach her on phone without success, as her phone kept ringing.
“She met the door of her apartment locked and could not gain entrance despite repeated knocks on the door.“She then called some neighbours who helped to break the door open. They met the deceased lying dead on the floor when they entered with her two hands tied to the back and her mouth gagged.”
He said she was met naked, bruises were noticed on her private part and her mouth covered among others.
“Also, a note said to have been written on a piece of paper was placed on her chest containing a message, “Unilorin doesn’t forgive,” he said.
Okasanmi stated that the people later informed the police at F’ Division Police Station, who discovered the dead body, snapped the picture, and took the corpse to the University of Ilorin Teaching Hospital (UITH) for autopsy.
