AUTHORITIES of the University of Lagos (UNILAG) has disowned Mr. Okwoma Nwabufor, one of the suspected killers of Cynthia Osokogu, daughter of Maj-Gen Frank Osokogu (rtd).
Nwabufor had introduced himself as a 300 level Accounting student of the Distance Learning Institute (DLI) of the varsity.
But the institution’s Deputy Registrar (Information), Seth Adebisi Dare, said the claim of the suspect was far from being the truth.
In a reply to a request made by The Nation, Dare said the name of the suspect was not found in any records of UNLAG students.
The response addressed to the editor and entitled: Re: Okwoma Nwabufor, alleged murderer of Cynthia Osokogu is not a student of UNILAG reads: “Our attention has been drawn to recent media reports which identified one of the suspects in the alleged murder of Cynthia Osokogu, daughter of Major-General Frank Osokogu, as a 300 level Accounting student of the Distance Learning Institute of the University of Lagos.
“After careful evaluation of students’ records, the University authorities have found the suspect, Okwoma Nwabufor’s claim of being a student of UNILAG, untrue.
“No such person is registered as a student in our Department of Accounting or any other Department of the University.
“We wish to urge all media organisations to note this fact and discountenance the claim of the suspect, Mr. Nwabufor and desist from associating him with the University of Lagos.
The university management also wishes to use this opportunity to reiterate its commitment to the vision statement of the university which is: “To be a top class institution for the pursuit of excellence in knowledge through learning and research, as well as in character and service to humanity.”
Also yesterday, the Southeast Governor’s Forum condemned the killing of Cynthia, the daughter of Major-General Osukogu, by suspected Facebook friends.
Chairman of the forum and Anambra State Governor, Mr Peter Obi spoke with reporters on the arrest of one of the suspects at Nnewi.
The two culprits - Okwuoma Nwabufor and Ezekiel Odera have confessed to the crime.
Obi described Cynthia’s killers as wicked and barbaric. He said the killers were not worthy to live among men.
The governor described as unfortunate a situation where some people, rather than tap the enormous advantages that go with the internet and other social media, seek to put it into bad use thus bringing it into disrepute.
He said the bad use was symptomatic of the erosion of values in our society and declared that what Nigeria needed most is value-reorientation and ethical rebirth.
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