Murder of Cynthia Okogosu

Murder of Cynthia Okogosu
DateJuly 21, 2012 (2012-07-21)
LocationLagos, Nigeria
TypeRape, Theft, Murder
BurialSeptember 7, 2012 (2012-09-07)
Delta State
Nigeria, Nigeria
ConvictedOkwumi Echezona Nwabufor
Ejike Ilechukwu Olisaeloka.
TrialAugust 27, 2012 – March 23, 2017 (2012-08-27 – 2017-03-23)[1]
VerdictGuilty
ConvictionsMurder
SentenceDeath

Cynthia Udoka Osokogu was a Nigerian woman who was stalked on Facebook, lured from her residence in Abuja to a Lagos hotel under the pretext of business, then drugged, tied up, robbed, raped, beaten and strangled to death in 2012.[2][3][4]

  1. ^ Onozure Dania (March 22, 2012). "Cynthia Osokogu: Court delivers judgment tomorrow, 4 yrs after". The Vanguard. Retrieved December 19, 2017.
  2. ^ "Young Nigerian woman murdered by Facebook friends". BellaNaija.
  3. ^ Heinrich Bergstresser (2017). A Decade of Nigeria: Politics, Economy and Society 2004-2016. BRILL. p. 202. ISBN 978-9-004-3474-10.
  4. ^ ABDULWAHAB ABDULAH; BARTHOLOMEW MADUKWE; ONOZURE DANIA (August 28, 2012). "Four suspects arraigned over Cynthia's death". Retrieved December 19, 2017.