According to PMNews, the police in Lagos state refused to release the corpse of Cynthia Osokogu, the Facebook girl murdered by suspected kidnappers in a hotel in Lagos, to her parents for burial in her hometown today [Sep 7].
The police had planned to do an autopsy on the body yesterday at the Ikeja General Hospital morgue. Police Commissioner Umaru Manko told PMNews that the pathologist did not complete the autopsy and hence the decision not to release Cynthia's body for burial.
A source said the police needed to conclude the autopsy since the report is vital to the trial of the suspects, who had confessed killing the girl.
Cynthia's burial which was scheduled for today in Agbor, Delta State, had to be delayed when the remains of the deceased did not arrive Agbor, her home town, as expected.
A decision was later made by the family to give her a ceremonial burial. The ceremonial burial was performed at the family residence in Boji-Boji Owa, Ika North Local Government Area of Delta State after a requiem mass.
The Governor of Delta State, Mr. Emmanuel Uduagan condoled with the Osokogus today and called on the police to conclude investigation quickly and bring the culprits to book.
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| Gov. Emmanuel Udiaghan consoles Cynthia's Parents |
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| Cynthia's Father |
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| Gov. Emmanuel Udiaghan consoles Cynthia's mother |
Senator Ifeanyi Okonwa and the Obi of Owa, Emmanuel Efezomor 11 and others attended the ceremonial burial.
Friends of Cynthia with her picture on their black shirts wept uncontrollably at the ceremony.
Cynthia was born on 10 November, 1987 in Agbor town.
She started schooling at the Command Children School, Ilorin and moved to the Command Secondary School, Jos from 1997 to 2004. She secured admission into the Nasarawa State University, Keffi between 2005 and 2009 and went for her National Youth Service Corps. She finished in 2010.
She opened a boutique, 'Dress Code' in 2007 and was doing a post graduate course at the Nasarawa State University.
Her eldest brother, Flight Lieutenant Kenneth Uchechukwu Osokogu, described her as a good girl.
Mother of the deceased, Chief Mrs. Joy-Rita Nkem Osokogu, wore a somber mood. She was being consoled by women who came from far and near.
PMNews
