Following recent rape outrage in Nigeria, 18-year-old lady, Barakat Bello, has also been reportedly raped and murdered by unknown men in the Akinyele area of Ibadan, Oyo state on Monday evening.
Information gathered revealed that the Miss Barakat’s was a student of the Institution of Agriculture, Research and Training, Ibadan (IART).
Barakat’s father, Mr Kasimu Elepo, said he was not around when the sad event happened, adding that the deceased’s sister was not at home when she was attacked.
He stated that Barakat’s sister found her dead body around their home, after her body was examined, they discovered that she was raped and stabbed to death.
“I was not at home when the incident happened. The younger sister was not at home too, she went for Qur’anic lessons but when she returned home, she saw her at the back of the house with deep cuts all over her body. She had been raped and killed,” he said.
“Somebody called me on the phone that I should come home but he refused to tell me what happened. When I got home, I saw that my daughter had been raped and murdered.”
Barakat’s rape and murder is coming after the rape and cruel murder of Vera Uwaila Omozuwa, a student of the University of Benin, Edo State last week.