Two Suspects Arrested for Raping, Murdering Prospective Corps Member in Benue

Two suspects in connection with the rape and murder of a 24-year-old Joy Onoh in Makurdi, have been arrested by the Benue State Police Command.

Joy, a graduate of Benue State University, Makurdi, was awaiting a call-up letter from the National Youth Service Corps, (NYSC) when she was raped and murdered by assailants who posed as customers.

Her corpse was recovered in a bush around the Federal Low-Cost Estate, North Bank, a suburb of Makurdi on Wednesday, October 20.

According to the report, the two suspects were arrested very close to where her remains was found.

One of the sources said the suspects were arrested through the help of neighbors who gave information about their activities on the day Joy was killed.

“One other thing that gave them out was the footsteps of people that were traced to the house, you know it rained in the early hours of the day the corpse of the lady was found,” the source said.

It was reliably gathered that the two suspects were currently being quizzed by the police.

The Special Assistant to the Benue State Governor, Samuel Ortom on Media, Agile-Bem Jabez Ordedoo, also confirmed the arrest of the suspects.

NYSC: Prospective Corp Member Raped, Killed in Benue

“The North Bank Rape and Kill. The two boys have been arrested,” he wrote.

“My friend who lives in northbank called me at early hours on that faithful day to inform me that the dead body of a lady was found close to his house.

“The police got involved and through the help of neighbors, someone was quickly suspected. When police arrived, indeed it rained that night so it was easy to spot many footprints on the doorstep of the suspect as though a group of persons fought the previous night.

“The suspect could not return the whole day until next day morning where the police picked him up searched his room and found 11 sim cards, in his statement, he denied committing the crime.

“A track was placed on the line of the murdered lady and a second person ( the guy in this picture below was found as the one who called the lady to bring the goods to northbank) during interrogation the two accepted to have committed the crime. They are all in police custody at the moment.

“Watchword. Know your neighbor,” he added.