Agbor – Retired Major General Frank Osokogu, father of late Cynthia
Osokogu, has expressed confidence in Nigeria’s judiciary, saying that he
was sure justice would be done in the case of his daughter’s death.
The late Cynthia was found dead in a hotel room in Lagos on July 26,
after she was declared missing by her family three days earlier. She was
allegedly killed by her assailants on July 22.Four suspects, including two university undergraduates, were later
arrested in connection with the incident and the case had been taken to
court.
The remains of the late Cynthia were committed to earth on Friday at Owa Ekei, Agbor, Delta.Speaking to newsmen at the occasion, the father of the deceased said
that he was impressed with the way the investigation and court process
of his late daughter were handled.
He commended the police for what he described as “wonderful job so
far’’, and urged the force to always rise to occasions that needed its
professionalism in order to make the force a true friend of the public.
He said that the death of Cynthia, who would have been 24 years in
November, had created a big vacuum in his family but stated that the
family had no choice than bear the loss.
“Life must go on because what you cannot change, you will accept.’’
He commended the media for their support and appealed for
demonstration of the same zeal in covering the court proceedings on the
case.The remains of the late Cynthia, conveyed in a Volvo ambulance with
registration number LY 616 EKY, arrived at her father’s compound at
Agbor at 2.55 p.m.
Her remains were interred in the compound at 3.55 p.m. after a brief
Christian ceremony conducted by Rev. Fr. Leonard Biachi, the Parish
Priest of Saint Dominic’s Catholic Church, Boji Boji, Owa.
The first attempt to bury the late Cynthia on Sept. 7 was aborted
when the police were said to have refused to release her body on grounds
that they had not concluded autopsy on it.
But a funeral mass scheduled for the day was conducted and persons
who had arrived for the burial attended the mass and later commiserated
with the family.
Guests at the Sept. 7 aborted burial included Gov. Emmanuel Uduaghan
of Delta, Senator Ifeanyi Okowa, Dr Festus Okubor, Chief of Staff,
Government House, Asaba and top military personnel and traditional
chiefs in the area.
Until her death, Cynthia was a post-graduate student at the Nassarawa
State University, Keffi, where she obtained her first degree. (NAN)
