A first year student of Microbiology at the University of Benin, Edo State, Vera Omozuwa was said to have been raped and killed, while reading inside a church.

The 22-year-old student reportedly  died Friday, even as her attackers allegedly smashed her head with a fire extinguisher, before  leaving her unconscious. The incident took place around the Ikpoba Hill area of Benin City. 

Omozuwa was later rushed to the intensive care unit of a hospital, where she was confirmed dead by medical personnel.

Meanwhile, there is a groundswell of condemnation of the brutal murder of Omozuwa by her friends and relations in Benin City, who have asked security agencies to unravel her killers.