A recent University of Benin (UNIBEN) graduate, Adekolure Idowu Glory, has tragically died after being tortured, raped, and murdered by unknown assailants. Reports indicate that her body was left on the road following the attack.
Adekolure had just completed her program at UNIBEN and was back at the institution to finalize her clearance. On her way home on Thursday, June 13, 2024, the 22-year-old was confronted by unidentified attackers who brutally beat, raped, and killed her, leaving her body near her family’s residence in the Iyowa neighborhood of Benin, Edo state.
She was discovered bleeding from her private parts, with visible signs of severe beating on her body. Her remains have been taken to the morgue.
Her brother took to X to write: “Justice for my younger sister Adekolure Idowu Glory, who was raped and killed in Lyowa Community Benin Edo state on her way back from school (Uniben) she went for her clearance and her corpse drop close to her mother’s house.
“Please help us seek justice for my kid sister that just graduated from the University of Benin (Uniben) in April 2024 and still processing her projects and clearance and was raped to death on her way back from school on Thursday 13th/6/2024 just 22 years.
“Her lifeless body has been deposited at UBTH mortuary on 15/6/24 with the help of the Nigerian police from Ekiadolor division, she was beaten, raped, and killed please Nigerians come to my rescue, the help I need now is just for my innocent sister, my mum can’t hold herself.”
