By Ibiene George
The two main culprits in the murder of Cynthia Osokgu were on Wednesday, August 22, 2012, paraded by the Lagos State Police in Ikeja and have confessed to their murderous act.
The duo, Echezona Nwabufor, 33 and Ezekiel Nnechukwu olisa Eloka admitted that they killed her for her money, which they thought, was in a large quantity.
The suspects testified thus, “we met her on the facebook on our Blackberry. We invited her to come toLagosto buy goods at cheap prices’.
“When she got to Lagos, we took her to a hotel in Festac. We thought she had a lot of money, but she said she didn’t have any money. We gave her Reflon tablet in her Ribena drink. After this, we slept with her for 12 hours in that hotel. We discovered that the tablet did not work quickly on her.
“We then attacked her, tied her up and used cello tape to cover her mouth. After that, we beat her to tell us where she kept the money.
“When we didn’t get any money from her, we tied her mouth and strangled her and then we abandoned her in the hotel and fled.”
Briefing journalists on how police officers were able to arrest the suspects, Lagos State Commissioner of Police, Umar Abubakar Manko, said detectives made use of the close circuit television, CCTV, at the hotel where the crime was committed to identify them.
The Area Commander, Area ‘E’ Police Command, ACP Okoro added that the suspects who are undergraduates of Nigerian universities were nabbed through the call logs of the telephone conversations they had with the late Cynthia who was a post graduate student of Nasarawa State University.
The suspects attested that Cynthia was not their only victim as police found many ATM cards, 23 SIM cards and different identity cards on them.
35 comments
May their generations unborn suffer for this dastard act. They’ve painted an obvious evil picture of Nigerians to the facebook community, but let everyone shout aloud ‘Nigeria! Good people great nation’. Rest in peace Cynthia.
These sons of Belial should be summarily executed; period!
people are wicked. there is no mercy for them.
may day b given a slow and painful death.in 4ront of dere misearable parents.idiots
The sign of the times! The elders have eaten sour grapes and the children’s teeth are set on edge. Everybody including undergraduates now aim to be millionaires even flying before they can crawl!
They should pay the price for there crime
it’s more than pathetic. let d law take its course
May dey Neva no peace throughout der life.her spirit ll always judge dem were Eva dey re.
Very sad total misused of social network. May her soul rest in peace.
Look at what the future of this country is turning into, they can’t work with there hands. God will help us.
A lesson to ladies never trust ppl you meet online
Dont go visiting strangers ‘cos its risky. All social network users becareful
Infact dey shld be killed by hanging.
God wl judge them for cuting shot d life of such a youth.
pls ladies should be careful on dis social network as for de culprit they wil suffer ……
Cynthia may you soul rest in peace amen. This is a big lesson for all of us let ur social network friends remain friends on social network don’t go looking for them same way a gurl was raped by many guys because she went looking for her 2go friend. The bible says he that kills by the sword shall die by it.everyone want to get rich without hard work it a pity may God save us all.
hmm, Cynthia rest in peace. Thos dat
killed u mst die too, bware palz…
May ur soul rest in peace.great lesson 4everybody.
Thanx 4 d info,bt I tot dis was an entertainment site?…smh
This is evil, this people should be kill for this act immediately to serve as an example for others that has intention on this kind of act.
It is unfortunate. But by the way, what is the real
reason the police concealed the faces
of this criminals from the cameras?
Hello nigerians, this is not about the social networks, it’s the fault opthe ladies who are trying to make use of the social network and get what ever they want as a fortune and fame.
Death 4 d Idiots!!!
dis idiot just wnt 2 spoil d name of 9ja,nawa
RIP Beautiful Cynthia.
those stupid heartless bastard should be kill by hanging while the whole nigeria see it life on TV …but now another police arrangement ..planing to take them to court for one useless lawyer to stand for them ……GOD DEY OOO……HE WHO KILL BY SWORD MY SURELY DIED BY SWORD ….LADIES WATCHOUT ….SO AS TO GUYS TOO..SOME LADIES ARE ALSO EVIL …THEY USE SAME DRUG TO MEN AND HOTELROOM AND MADE AWAY WITH THIER BELONGING…….I FEAR FEAR OOOO ITS ONLY NIGERIA THAT ALL THIS RUBISH OCCURED ….GOD HAVE MERCY ON US ALL
May they ripe the fruits of their labour. Rest in peace Cynthia.
Hey wht a wick world,pls lady’s bcarefull wit dis so called social network same tin wit d guys ,d 2 stupid guys shld b kill immedately dey ae not wht living.see mumu u no work but u wat get money.guys of nowaday can b so lazy u can’t work but u wat 2 hav money hummmmm i fear na ooo RIP cynthia .na endtime we dey sha dis our country ooo
rest in peace cynthia,……. Plz ma pipp do nt blame d socialntworks 4 any reason, it is made 4 pipp dat knw d need, nt were u hook up wit strangers u don’t knw if they even exist, she made d mistake, we Jst hav 2 lean 4rm dat & be careful with pipp we meet on line…….. If possible, don’t let watever u hav wit ur online frinds exceed online…….. U can talk online, chat, lov, even marry & make children online 2 avoid wat hapund 2 cynthia,……. 2 hapun 2 u……
My people pls help find out what law in this country prevent face diclosure of criminals, but allow that if the victim? Is it not her identity that should be hidden while their own disclosed so people can identify them ans stay away fron them? What a nation!!
Sometimes I wonder ̶̷̩̥̊͡ђã†̥ this world ȋ̝̊̅§ turning into. Social networks was created for meeting new friends and not killing. May God have mercy on all ǒT̶̲̥̅̊ us. Nigeria! Good people!! Great nation!!! May God ϐłêšš Ūя̲̅ soul Cynthia.
Day by day, i grieve 4 cynthia, general osokogus pls dnt let let dem spare dis son of belial!, RIP Cynthia,no blames
Dont blame d guys.hw can she go to meet people she chats wt on BBM.gues she heard abt what happend to the girl on 2go n she still went ahead to visit them.as 4 the two animals dat always want to feed,dey shld b dead by nw.RIP
Those guys are wicked to have strangled Cynthi and should be dealt with, all because of money which they did not find at the end. They should be allowed to confess all their acts in the past before judgement.
A BIG LESSON FOR ALL, LADIES PLS BE CAREFUL.