Family Cries Out As 3 SARS Officials Rape, Kill 28-Year-Old Daughter

A family has cried out for justice, following the sexual assault and death of their 28-year-old daughter, who was killed by the personnel of the Special Anti-Robbery Squad, Federal Capital Territory Command, Abuja.

The victim, Ifeoma Abugu, said to be a graduate of the Institute of Management and Technology, Enugu; was attacked when three policemen stormed the residence of her fiance, Afam Ugwunwa, at Wumba village in the Lokogoma area of Abuja, around 5pm on September 10, 2020, to arrest him.

Naija News learnt that on getting there, the policemen who did not find  Ugwunwa, decided to arrest Ifeoma and took her away.

Our correspondent learnt that all efforts to know the police station she was being taken to proved abortive saying she  was not found until Ugwunwa got a call the next day that Ifeoma had died and her corpse had been deposited in the morgue.

Her brother, Alex said she had just finished her National Youth Service Corps and was arrested and killed four days after she had her introduction with Ugwunwa in Enugu State.

He said, “I was in Lagos when one of my junior brothers called me that he learnt that SARS arrested our sister and she died in detention. I just came to Abuja today (Sunday) and I have asked some of my uncles, who have been to the police station, and they said that the policemen alleged that they met my sister unconscious on the bed and they carried her to hospital, where she died.

“When I asked my sister’s fiancé what happened, he said he went out and someone called him on the telephone that SARS had arrested my sister and when he came back, he called someone he knew at the SARS office to help in facilitating her release, but the person was unable to do it that night.

He said her fiance even tried to bribe the woman into securing her release, but the woman called him back to inform him that she had died.

Alex said when his uncles saw the picture of her corpse, they could see signs that she was sexually assaulted.

He added that the family Is still awaiting  the result of an autopsy to come out to ascertain what happened to her.

“My sister was arrested four days after her introduction in the village and her wedding was slated for December. We want the killers to be brought to justice.”