The blogosphere has been awash with outpouring emotions against the crimes perpetuated against the unfortunate trio.

Whereas it is a gender based crime, it is more a crime against humanity, hence no need to tag along the gender rope whilst speaking up against it.
As a man, I am first a son to a mother, a woman, a brother to a girl, a lover to a lady and then a father to a daughter.
Even though I am not liable to be a direct victim to a rape case, but I'd feel as much pain should any of the above become a victim.
Uwa might be gone and free from the momentary pain she could have felt but the trauma of the horrendous fate she suffered will forever haunt those who have come to love her and truly, the moral burden of ensuring her/their assailants are brought to justice lies on us all because if the culprits are allowed to remain on the loose, we can never tell who the next victim might be.

My submission is that rather than the weightless outpour of emotions, we all need to be asking the right questions and doing the right things.

We need to build institutions we can always rely on and then ask the following question.

How isolated is the scene of the crime from human activities? Is it possible there's supposed to be someone within an earshot that should or could have heard her scream?
Is there someone whose daily lives revolves around the scene of the crime?
Is it her normal routine?
Could she have been trailed or it was a chance meeting between her assailants and herself?
Was the vicious attack a buildup to the rape or done in order to cover trails?

considering the crime was perpetuated by adults with possible biometric signatures, are the authorities deploying forensic tools in unravelling the crime?

#sexisnotallthatmatters
#justiceforthetrio
#justiceforall
#strongerinstitutions

Good one.

Emotions do not solve a problem.

Further investigations really need to be done in Uwa's case.

There is more to the story than meets the eye.

Pressure on the Church authorities and neighbors around the Church should yield results.

And I agree with you that it should not be treated as a gender based crime.

I remember when QC girls were raping their male staff. I vividly remember a security man who was killed in the act.

bukatyne:
Good one.

Emotions do not solve a problem.

Further investigations really need to be done in Uwa's case.

There is more to the story than meets the eye.

Pressure on the Church authorities and neighbors around the Church should yield results.

And I agree with you that it should not be treated as a gender based crime.

I remember when QC girls were raping their male staff. I vividly remember a security man who was killed in the act.

One cup of chilled water for you.