Agbor – Retired Major General Frank
Osokogu, father of late Cynthia Osokogu,
has expressed confidence in Nigeria’s
judiciary, saying that he was sure justice
would be done in the case of his
daughter’s death.

The late Cynthia was found dead in a
hotel room in Lagos on July 26, after she
was declared missing by her family three
days earlier. She was allegedly killed by
her assailants on July 22.

Four suspects, including two university
undergraduates, were later arrested in
connection with the incident and the
case had been taken to court.

The remains of the late Cynthia were
committed to earth on Friday at Owa
Ekei, Agbor, Delta.

Speaking to newsmen at the occasion,
the father of the deceased said that he
was impressed with the way the
investigation and court process of his
late daughter were handled.

He commended the police for what he
described as “wonderful job so far’’, and
urged the force to always rise to
occasions that needed its
professionalism in order to make the
force a true friend of the public.

He said that the death of Cynthia, who
would have been 24 years in November,
had created a big vacuum in his family
but stated that the family had no choice
than bear the loss.
“Life must go on because what you
cannot change, you will accept.’’

He commended the media for their
support and appealed for demonstration
of the same zeal in covering the court
proceedings on the case.

The remains of the late Cynthia,
conveyed in a Volvo ambulance with
registration number LY 616 EKY, arrived
at her father’s compound at Agbor at
2.55 p.m.

Her remains were interred in the
compound at 3.55 p.m. after a brief
Christian ceremony conducted by Rev. Fr.
Leonard Biachi, the Parish Priest of Saint
Dominic’s Catholic Church, Boji Boji, Owa.

The first attempt to bury the late Cynthia
on Sept. 7 was aborted when the police
were said to have refused to release her
body on grounds that they had not
concluded autopsy on it.

But a funeral mass scheduled for the day
was conducted and persons who had
arrived for the burial attended the mass
and later commiserated with the family.

Guests at the Sept. 7 aborted burial
included Gov. Emmanuel Uduaghan of
Delta, Senator Ifeanyi Okowa, Dr Festus
Okubor, Chief of Staff, Government
House, Asaba and top military personnel
and traditional chiefs in the area.

Until her death, Cynthia was a post-
graduate student at the Nassarawa State
University, Keffi, where she obtained her
first degree. (NAN)

SOURCE:
www.vanguardngr.com/2012/10/cynthia-osokogu-laid-to-rest-in-agbor/