Indications emerged, Tuesday, that the
late Cynthia Osokogu, the only daughter of General Frank Osokogu (rtd), whose
body was discovered in a Lagos morgue a month after she was declared missing,
could have been murdered by her facebook acquaintances. Already, six persons,
among them two university students, a pharmacist and an employee of the hotel
where the 24-year-old post-graduate student was murdered have been arrested.
DEATH
BY FACEBOOK: The late Cynthia Osokogu
Investigation into the murder, as reliably
gathered, revealed that Cynthia was strangled to death in the hotel by her
assailants, who thereafter left with an undisclosed amount, her student identity
card and phones. Report said the beautiful and vivacious Cynthia had chatted
with the two undergraduates on facebook for months. In the process, they
reportedly got to know that she owned a boutique in Nasarawa State, following
which they reportedly had a business proposal with her, promising to host her
whenever she visited Lagos. On her arrival at the Murtala Muhammed Airport,
Ikeja, on July 22, 2012, she was reportedly picked up by the two undergraduates
and driven to a hotel in Festac Town. Unknown to her, she was embarking on a
journey of no return. At the hotel, her drink was reportedly drugged before she
was strangled to death. It was reliably gathered that after her death, one of
her assailants left the room and later put a call to the hoteliers, informing
them that there was a corpse in one of the rooms. The hotel, as gathered, took
the corpse to the Isolo General Hospital mortuary in Lagos Nigeria. Sources
informed that efforts by the hoteliers to contact family of the deceased proved
abortive as there was reportedly nothing to trace her close relatives or
friends. Meanwhile, back in Nasarawa State where her family is said to be
based, apprehension had set in following her disappearance. She was, therefore,
declared missing, with her pictures dropped at some police divisions in the
state. How the suspects were arrested: it was reliably gathered that after the
murder, the killers deleted all information and chats with the deceased from
their facebook. But, along the line, the deceased phone was dialled and one of
the suspects reportedly answered. When the call log was checked from the
service provider, the receiver was traced to Festac Town in the Amuwo-Odofin
Local Government Area of...
Lagos state, Nigeria. Again, the Close Circuit camera stationed in the hotel was said to have revealed identities of the killers following which two of them were arrested and their confessional statement led to the arrest of others. During interrogation, the suspects reportedly confessed to have bought the drugs with which they drugged Cynthia’s drink from a pharmacist, thereby leading to the arrest of the pharmacist. It was at this point that her family was reportedly contacted. During investigation, the two undergraduates, whose identities could not be ascertained, confessed to have killed Cynthia. They also reportedly confessed to belong to a syndicate which specialised in luring unsuspecting rich women with the aim of dispossessing them of their belongings, particularly cash. The late Cynthia, as gathered, was not their first victim, as they were said to have confessed to the police that she was their sixth victim. When contacted, spokesman for the Lagos State Police Command, Ngozi Braide, confirmed the arrest, but was not forthcoming with details.
Lagos state, Nigeria. Again, the Close Circuit camera stationed in the hotel was said to have revealed identities of the killers following which two of them were arrested and their confessional statement led to the arrest of others. During interrogation, the suspects reportedly confessed to have bought the drugs with which they drugged Cynthia’s drink from a pharmacist, thereby leading to the arrest of the pharmacist. It was at this point that her family was reportedly contacted. During investigation, the two undergraduates, whose identities could not be ascertained, confessed to have killed Cynthia. They also reportedly confessed to belong to a syndicate which specialised in luring unsuspecting rich women with the aim of dispossessing them of their belongings, particularly cash. The late Cynthia, as gathered, was not their first victim, as they were said to have confessed to the police that she was their sixth victim. When contacted, spokesman for the Lagos State Police Command, Ngozi Braide, confirmed the arrest, but was not forthcoming with details.
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