The 23-year-old lady, identified as Uwaila Omozuwa, died at the University of Benin Teaching Hospital (UBTH), Edo State, after she was beaten and raped inside her local church.
Reacting to the news of her death, Don Jazzy took to his Twitter page to call for justice for Uwa.
His tweet read:
“Not again! Not again! I’m really speechless. Uwa deserves justice and Men should do better.”
Here are some other comments from Twitter:
@Symply_Tacha “Heart breaking to wake up everyday to sad news, it’s sickening and terrifying! We are tired. Uwa was raped and murdered in cold blood while reading inside a CHURCH! What did she do wrong. No one deserves this.”
@AuntyAda “So it is literally not about the kind of clothes we wore, it’s not about the kind of places we go, it’s not about how we talk or act. Uwa was in a church, properly dressed but she was raped and killed right inside .This is very sad.”
@ReneNoire “Women talk about men raping them everyday and they are blamed for being in the wrong place, dating wrong men, wearing revealing clothes, but Uwa was reading in a church, what is your excuse this time? What is your excuse? My heart hurts! I want justice.”
@Thekashope “We are of our sisters and daughters getting raped and abused, we are tired of people dying needlessly, we are tired of the poverty and darkness that has engulfed our nation!
@_Ugo_zee “People are dying everyday, girls are being raped to death everyday, police are killing everyday and nobody is doing anything about it .We are tired. This is wickedness, there should be love for humanity. We are supposed to love and protect ourselves, even the police are killing.”
@Jayman “We are tired of the same circle of corrupt leaders without good innovative and lack of economy stability ruling us for ages.”
@Controllergene “We are tired of lack of electricity,bad roads,poor health care,overpriced real estate, our jobs being taken by government kids , dirty environment. Please give us 24 hours electricity first!”