By Gideon Njoku
She had everything going on for her. She had her whole life before her. It was not a gloomy one. She had never suffered deprivation all her life.
Her father, Mr Ochuko Regha, is a Director in the Ministry of Economic Planning, Delta State. She was beautiful. A final year student of the Ambrose Ali University, Ekpoma, her friends and colleagues say she had just defended her project.
But, suddenly, all these have come to naught. She has just been killed in a most gruesome manner by the man she loved and trusted, and, perhaps planned to spend the rest of her life with.
What seemed an ordinary, harmless visit to her man, identified as Victor Ifakachukwu Ochonogor, in Benin ended her life. He, allegedly butchered her for what is alleged to be for ritual purposes.
The room where she was murdered is a sickening site to behold. It was thickly plastered with her blood in almost, every inch – an indication that she struggled with him before she was overpowered and killed.
She wore shorts and a blouse both of which were soaked in blood – her chest area in particular. Sprawled on the floor, her body showed signs of multiple stabbing – perhaps an indication that she was stabbed to death. There was, also, a kitchen knife, presumably, the weapon used to kill her.
Hung on the wall of the room – the palour – where she was killed is a framed photograph of her alleged boyfriend, the alleged killer. Written on the photograph, ironically, is:
“AWARD OF MOST RELIABLE STUDENT.
OCHONOGOR VICTOR IFAKACHUKWU.
STUDENTS’ CHEMICAL SOCIETY OF NIGERIA (UNIPORT). 2019/2020 – an indication that he attended the University of Porthacourt and read sciences.
