Okowa Meets Family Of Slain DELSU Student, Offers N6m Assistance

Delta State Governor Senator Dr. Ifeanyi Okowa on Thursday met with the family of Elozino Ogege, the murdered 300 level student of Mass Communication department of Delta State University (DELSU), Abraka, with a promise to ensure that the perpetuators of the ritual killing must be brought to justice.

Governor Okowa during the visit by the family of the deceased to Government House, Asaba presented a N6million naira cheque as financial assistance to the family, assuring deltans of government’s readiness to tackle the security challenges in the state.

He decried the incidents that led to her murder and assured that no stone would be left unturned in ensuring that the perpetuators were brought to justice.

Recall that Ms Elozino Joshuana Ogege was gruesomely murdered by alleged ritualists on November 15, 2018, four days after she was declared missing in Abraka.

The Governor, represented by His Chief of Staff, Olorogun David Edevbie assured that government would continue to put in place measures to tackle the security challenges facing the state stressing, “What happened to late Miss Elozino Ogege last year is so unfortunate and heartbreaking which tells us that all is not well in our society, this is why we are doing everything possible as a government to improve security in the state and ensure that security challenges are effectively tackled”.

He commiserated with the family of the deceased and assured them of government’s support.

Speaking on behalf of the family, Mrs Elizabeth Ogege and Rt. Rev. John Aruakpor, Bishop, Diocese of Oleh, Anglican Communion, thanked Governor Okowa for the compassion showed to the family of the deceased and called on government to put more initiatives in place to tackle insecurity in the state.

From Left: Chief of Staff, Government House, Olorogun David Edevbie, Mrs Elizabeth Ogege, mother late Elozino Ogege,the Bishop, Diocese of Oleh Anglican Communion, Rt Rend John Aruakpor, and the brother of late Miss Elozino Ogege, Mr Goddowell Ogege, during the presentation of Cheque to the family of late Miss Elozino Ogege in Asaba. Photo credit: BRIPIN ENARUSAI