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Nigerian Woman Murdered By Her Facebook Friends In Lagos
The Late Cynthia Akuzogwu
August 21st, 2012 – Nigerian Woman, Cynthia Osokogu Murdered By Her Facebook Friends In Lagos
The search for a young business woman, Cynthia Akuzogwu Udoka from Nasarawa who was declared missing since the 24th of July, 2012 ended miserably when her corpse was discovered over the weekend at a mortuary in Lagos State Nigeria. naijagists.com
Investigations revealed that Cynthia Akuzogwu Udoka was murdered by her Facebook friends in a hotel in Festac, Lagos Nigeria.
We learnt the 24 year old woman traveled to Lagos to purchased the stock for her boutique in Nasarawa.
Weeks before her death, Cynthia had been chatting with her new friends on Facebook and during their conversations, she developed loyal friendship with some young men who where are also University students.
The guys seemed normal and offered to host Cynthia whenever she visits Lagos. Her friends paid for her plane ticket and hotel fare and even picked her up from the airport to one hotel in Festac Lagos.
On getting to the hotel, they tied her up, robbed her of the money she brought to shop for her boutique and strangled her to death.
The men quickly rushed out of the hotel and removed Cynthia from their Facebook friends to avoid any connection to her murder.
The hotel management who later found her lifeless body deposited her body at a Lagos mortuary. Since her IDs and mobile phone have been stolen, there is no way they could contact her family members.
The hope of her safe return by her family members was dashed when they discovered her corpse at the morgue over the weekend.
How Cynthia Akuzogwu Udoka‘s Killer Were Caught
The hotel CCTV camera helped in locating her killers.
After their arrest, the gang who specializes in luring unsuspecting young women and robbing them of their possessions before killing them confessed Cynthia is their 6th victim.
The pharmacist who supplied the drugs they used on Cynthia and the hotel staff have all been arrested.
According to Lagos Police spokeswoman, Ngozi Braide,
“Six people were arrested on Sunday over the incident and investigations are ongoing”.
Cynthia Akuzogwu Udoka is one of Nigeria’s numerous social media generation girls (with Blackberry and a Facebook account), this unfortunately led to her death.
No mater how bored you are, you should learn to stop making friends with people you do not know on Facebook or other social networks.
May her soul rest in perfect peace.
Please share this with your friends and family you might save another life.
henryoyo
August 21, 2012 at 6:10 PM
Very bad i must say! May her soul rest in peace….
pepper
August 21, 2012 at 7:24 PM
Vry bad
Pedro
August 21, 2012 at 7:55 PM
it so unfortunate. She’s a friend of mine..R.I.P CYNTHIA..cruel world!
Marybecky
August 21, 2012 at 8:11 PM
People should nt give inportant information abt themself, may her soul rest in peace nd others should learn 4rm dis
Yunusa
August 21, 2012 at 9:42 PM
Very bad! May her gentle soul rest in perfect peace, AMEEN
wealth
August 21, 2012 at 10:44 PM
So unfortunite,may her soul rest in peace.
Olusola odeyemi
August 21, 2012 at 11:33 PM
may her soul rest in peace.
ksyode
August 22, 2012 at 2:59 AM
Trust nobody,may her soul rest in peace.
juletau
August 22, 2012 at 3:57 AM
Demerits of technology.
Usman Daniel
August 22, 2012 at 4:15 AM
My deepest sympathy goes to the family of Osokogu and friends most especially Aishatu Ene Ella for the loss and may her soul and the souls of the faithful departed rest in peace AMEN.
blue planet
August 22, 2012 at 4:37 AM
rest in peace
nzube chukwuorah
August 22, 2012 at 6:51 AM
what a wicked world vanity upon vanity may her soul rest in perfect peace
shackson
August 22, 2012 at 8:11 AM
do they have to kill her after they have succeed in insneering into their web unless this is ritual, this is beyond wickedness, ritual itself is not an excuss to kill some innocent and unsuspecting young woman like that, it is unfortunate that naija is turned every part of the country into senseless blood sucking murderers, may God help us
Feji
August 22, 2012 at 9:19 AM
Pathetic. May her soul rest in peace amen.
Tina
August 22, 2012 at 9:54 AM
This is rilly a sad story & a big lesson 4 we Ladies.
stanley
August 22, 2012 at 10:19 AM
Jesus!…..its a pity.my her soul rest in peace.For the syndictes,let the law take its rot on them.Gosh!…..God shall judge them accordingly!
Rita Daniels Chukwuji
August 22, 2012 at 11:33 AM
What a cruel world, May her soul rest in peace
Alaba
August 22, 2012 at 11:49 AM
May her soul rest in peace. Please my people be wary of friends on facebook.
Judelliot
August 22, 2012 at 12:00 PM
A problem shared is a problem half solved
Ooyekola
August 22, 2012 at 6:35 PM
May her soul rest in perfect peace. Amen
olayinka
August 22, 2012 at 10:35 PM
may God grant d family d heart 2 bear d lost..may her soul rest in peace
cherish
August 24, 2012 at 8:13 AM
what a sad,sad and sad story may your gentle soul rest in perfect peace Amen
julius junior Akor
August 24, 2012 at 9:28 AM
.paying my condolence to her family i know its not easy to train a child 4rm small up to being a matured lady.Nemesis will always catch up wit such pple who commit dis kind of undue crime.miss CYNTHIA we love u bt God love u the more.may ur gentle soul rest in peace till we meet at the top…….
kenneth
August 24, 2012 at 10:44 AM
must dey kill her after de rubery and all dey did to her. God its unbearable jus imagining de pain de family is going tru nw. May her soul rest in de bossom of de lord. Pls dos guys need to be killed by hanging.
samuel chibuzo
August 25, 2012 at 11:00 AM
what a wicked world may her soul rest in peace amen
Isaac N ihute
August 27, 2012 at 7:39 PM
Imagine what de family is going true,de pain & de agony, dis guys have 2 be kill too. Cynthia de beautiful girl, may ur gentle soul rest in parfect peace, Amen!!
adeboye oluwakayode samuel
August 28, 2012 at 3:13 PM
the offenders must not go unpunished may her gentle soul rest in perfect peace
rose
August 28, 2012 at 7:41 PM
see wot this world has turned in2,,,,,hmm dis is very painful ..(may her gentle soul rest in d bossom of d most high) amen
Frank Oge
August 30, 2012 at 8:09 AM
They should publicly execute those murderer on the NATIONAL TELEVISION to please Nigerians…
Paul charles
August 30, 2012 at 4:12 PM
Wat a pity hw can smeone do such a heartless action
Olaide oluwaseun
August 30, 2012 at 7:49 PM
May her soul rest in perfect peace AMEM..the guys involve in dis must not go free oo…GOD will punish them
Allan Barasa
September 3, 2012 at 12:31 PM
Too sad.May her soul rest in peace.Those involved in her death must be punished
Eric mutiso
September 3, 2012 at 12:34 PM
May her soul Rest in peace- so sad.
Lilian Merab Ochieng
September 3, 2012 at 12:52 PM
so sad so so sad be aware of social media friends they shd remain friends on social media.
Victor Preston
September 3, 2012 at 12:55 PM
wow ths is evilish, afta tha trust she gave thm! trust no 1, r.i.p.
Joy Ochicla Ochieng
September 3, 2012 at 1:32 PM
Rip….Add a comment…
Seth Hood Nyamongo
September 3, 2012 at 1:42 PM
so sad
Hawa Anthony
September 3, 2012 at 2:37 PM
real sad.may her soul RIP
Hawa Anthony
September 3, 2012 at 2:38 PM
real sad.may her soul RIP
Joseph Agingu Oliech
September 3, 2012 at 1:40 PM
so saaaad!
Arwa Dana Arwa
September 3, 2012 at 7:59 PM
So sad. May she RIP.
richard
September 10, 2012 at 1:23 PM
THOSE GUYS SHOULD BE HANGED WITHOUT WASTING TIME
Obinda
September 21, 2012 at 10:32 PM
Time to revisit our declining values and the acceptance of western lifestyles. Time was an unmarried young lady as this never would make friend with men not the least strangers for that matter. No excuse for the bastards to do what they did. Worse still the unreliable legal system could let them off the hook on technical ground seasoned with inept police prosecution! Sorry. Inalegwu ogbenjuwa
Obinda
September 21, 2012 at 10:38 PM
Social parents should learn from this! The okra tree cannot outgrow the owner! Until married ur daughters should be responsible to u. Gush! Even at fifty she must be subject to u until she is properly handed to a man in marriage. A girl must not give herself to a man before he marries her. Harsh as this what did she seek from men in a hotel room. Even if not killed what may passed to be acceptable sexual relation is evil. Am so disgusted! Sorry. Inalegwu ogbenjuwa
Obinda
September 21, 2012 at 10:40 PM
Time to revisit our declining values and the acceptance of western lifestyles. Time was an unmarried young lady as this never would make friend with men not the least strangers for that matter. No excuse for the bastards to do what they did. Worse still the unreliable legal system could let them off the hook on technical ground seasoned with inept police prosecution! Parents where is ur daughter?
Sorry. Inalegwu ogbenjuwa
JABBARICAL
February 27, 2013 at 2:35 PM
They MUST all die same way
Rosco
May 10, 2014 at 2:28 PM
This is brutal her killer must be brought to book
Ndum
April 29, 2016 at 11:06 AM
I’ve not heard anything regarding this case again. Does it mean that case has been closed and the culprits released?