The management of the University of Benin (UNIBEN) has decried the news of the rape and subsequent murder of one of its students, Miss Vera Omozuwa.
The victim was a 100 level Microbiology student of the institution before her travail.
Vice-Chancellor of UNIBEN, Prof. Lilian Salami, in a statement through the institution’s Public Relations Officer, Dr. Benedicta Ehanire, described the news as shocking.
In the statement made available to newsmen on Sunday in Benin, the vice-chancellor said the actions were condemnable and should not be condoned by any society.
She said the current COVID-19 pandemic was already hard on everyone and that compounding it with inflicting additional pain on any family was a wicked act.
While commiserating with the bereaved family on the loss of their daughter, Salami prayed to God to grant her soul peaceful rest.
The vice-chancellor urged students of the institution and indeed, all young people to be wary of the company they key and the places they visit.
Meanwhile, a delegation had been sent by the university’s management to commiserate with the bereaved family.