Family Of Elohor Seeks Justice Over Daughter’s Murder

Family Of Elohor Seeks Justice Over Daughter’s Murder

The family of Elohor Oniorosa, the 29-year-old who was allegedly murdered by her boyfriend is seeking justice.

Elohor was allegedly killed during a visit to her boyfriend’s apartment, Osaretin David, a truck driver who recently returned from Ghana.

The incident happened on December 24, 2021 in Iguadolor community, Ovia North-East Local Government Area, Edo State.

According to Elohor’s parents, she visited her boyfriend who was reportedly ill. After waiting for hours for their daughter to return home they decided to visit her boyfriend’s house, they began to call her phone line but received no answers.

Elohor’s mother, Comfort Oniorosa, told Channels that her daughter left the house for her boyfriend’s place thinking that his illness would have gotten worse.

The victim’s father, Williams Oniorosa, said his visit to the house of her boyfriend led to the discovery of his daughter in a pool of blood in the apartment of her boyfriend. The situation prompted him and the landlord to alert the police authorities.

“When we got there, the landlord just pushed the door open and all we saw is that my daughter was lying in the pool of blood. Everywhere, both the bedspread, the whole wall of the house was stained with blood.

So I and the landlord of the house had to rush to the police,” he said.

The Police Public Relations Officer in the state, Bello Kontongs, confirmed the incident. He said that the victim was found dead with deep machete cuts on parts of her body, in the apartment of the young man who had recently returned from Ghana. He also disclosed that a manhunt was on to apprehend the suspect who is on the run.

The Police Public Relations Officer said that the police would do everything humanly possible to unravel the circumstance that led to the murder of the victim.