| Female corper raped
to death
From TIMOTHY OLA, Maiduguri
Wednesday, September 30, 2009
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National Youth Corps members serving in Borno State have
been thrown into mourning following the gruesome killing of
their colleague, Miss Grace Adie Ushang by unknown persons.
Adie was allegedly raped to death last weekend and her body
dumped beside a river at the Customs Area, Maiduguri.
The late Batch B 2009 corps member reportedly left her room
at the Corpers’ Lodge of the El-Kanemi College of Business
Administration (ECOBA), Customs area where she was serving
around 6.30 p.m in search of food. Sadly, the sudden windstorm,
which made many people in Maiduguri scurry home last Saturday
evening allegedly provided a cover for Grace’s assailants
as she was allegedly assaulted and murdered in cold blood.
The principal of El-Kanemi College, the deceased, employer,
Mr Alfred Adikwe confirmed the alleged rape and death of the
corper in an interview with Daily Sun. He added that the doctor’s
first post mortem report revealed that she was assaulted and
raped to death.
“The doctor who examined her body confirmed she was
assaulted and raped by unknown persons. In fact, there was
a cut on her fore head and blood was discovered on her nose
and mouth as at the time she was picked up at the place where
her body was discovered,” he disclosed.
Explaining further, he said “Grace told her colleagues
at the college quarters that she was going out to buy food
around 6.30 p.m on Saturday but did not return on time and
that made her colleagues to get worried. Few hours later,
they were informed that a lady’s body was lying near
a river at the customs area. It was discovered that the trouser
she wore when she went out was no longer with her. She was
almost naked.”
The doctor also said that the deceased’s body was discovered
by some people few hours after she left the lodge in search
of food. Her colleagues who spoke to Daily Sun
on condition of anonymity claimed she must have struggled
to free herself from her assailants.
Grace, 25 a graduate of Education Administration from the
University of Calabar was posted to Borno in July in the wake
of the Boko Haram crisis. She was later posted to the Business
Administration College on August 4.
When contacted, the Borno State NYSC coordinator, Mr Moshood
Adebayo declined comment on the matter, adding that only the
national directorate of the scheme has the authority to comment
on such. Daily Sun gathered that the NYSC Director General,
Brig Gen Tsiga was expected to visit the state in respect
of the matter.
The Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), Isah Azare, an
Assistant Superintendent of Police, could not confirm the
report in a telephone conversation as his line suddenly went
off while subsequent efforts to get him proved abortive.
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