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October 27, 2023
The family of 21-year-old female student of the University of Port Harcourt, Justina Otuene who was killed and her organs harvested by her boyfriend has demanded for justice.
SaharaReporters had reported that the police in Rivers State arrested a 400-level student of Petrochemical Engineering at the University of Port Harcourt, Demain Okoligwe, for allegedly killing his girlfriend and harvesting her organs at his residence along NTA Road, Ozuoba, near Port Harcourt.
The victim, Justina Otuene, a 300-level undergraduate also at UNIPORT, was studying Biochemistry.
The state Commissioner of Police, Emeka Nwonyi, disclosed this while parading the suspect before newsmen in Port Harcourt on Thursday.
Nwonyi said the suspect, after butchering his female lover, harvested some parts of her body allegedly for ritual purposes and concealed her decomposing corpse in his apartment for days until one of his neighbours, who became suspicious after perceiving a strong stench oozing from his apartment, reported to the police
However, while speaking with newsmen in Port Harcourt, the elder brother of the deceased, Osas Otuene, who is also a 500-level undergraduate of Chemical Engineering at the institution, said the family is highly devastated by the news of her death.
Osas commended the police for their efforts in arresting the suspect, said all the family wants is justice for his late sister.
He stated, “On Wednesday we got a call from someone that a dead body was reported at the Ozuoba Police Station that we should go there.
“So I reported to the Investigating Police Officer at Mini-okoro Police Station and together with some of my relatives we went with the Ozuoba Police Station and met the police officer there who confirmed the corpse.
“All we need is justice. Let the law take its course on the guy who did this to my sister and everyone else who is involved in this heinous crime because he was not working alone.
“She was the only daughter of the family, my dad is late. My mum is alive but she is distraught right now. So it is a hard one on us.”