Miss Wendy Achumba, the slain student of School of Nursing Umuologho Obowo was buried on Friday at her father’s compound in Umuokohia, Obingwa LGA of Abia State.

Miss Achumba was allegedly raped and murdered at her lodge in Umuologho on May 21, 2026 after she allegedly repelled romantic advances from an indigene of the community.

The father of the victim, Mr Jerry Achumba, during the interment, appealed to Abia State Governor, Alex Otti, security agencies and the Nigerian judiciary to ensure that whoever is found responsible for his daughter’s murder is sentenced to death.

Achumba lamented that his slain daughter was abused and murdered in cold blood. He said that his family’s ultimate demand is the those who murdered Miss Wendy be tried and sentenced to death, according to law.

“My family will not rest until the person that killed her is tried convicted and executed; my daughter must get justice.
“Say not because she is laid away it is done. No, it hasn’t finished,” said the bereaved father.

Abia State Governor, Alex Otti, while delivering the burial speech, assured the bereaved family that his administration will pursue justice against anybody involved in the murder.

The Governor, Otti, who was represented by his Special Assistant on Students Affairs, Chinedu Nwosu, said that the state government would not allow any Abia citizen to be killed in such brutal manner.

The Abia State Government will not sit back and watch our people being subjected to violence. A promising future and life full of talent have been cut short in the most brutal manner.

Governor Otti said, “We also reaffirm the commitment of the state government to continue to support the family throughout this judicial journey until justice is fully served.

The burial attracted large numbers of students of School of Nursing, Umuologho Obowo, who wept profusely as their former colleague’s body was interred.

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A Bayelsa State High Court in Yenagoa has sentenced two men to death by hanging for kidnapping Mrs. Grace Omietimi, the mother of Dr. James Omietimi, the Chief Medical Director of the Federal Medical Center in Yenagoa.

Felix Oburu and Anthony Kio Eligwe were found guilty of kidnapping the victim and holding her captive for weeks before letting her go.

The court heard that the two men worked with other criminals, who are still on the loose, to commit the crime.

Oburu is from the Omoku Community in the Ogba/Egbema Local Government Area, and Eligwe is from the Oyigba Community in the Ahoada West Local Government Area, both in Rivers State.

The court records say that Omietimi was kidnapped on September 17, 2017, and taken to Oyigba Community, where she was held for weeks.

Her family paid a ransom, and she was finally let go.

The Department of State Services later caught the suspects after intelligence-led operations tracked their movements and actions.

The Chief Judge of Bayelsa State, Justice Matilda A. Ayemieye, ruled on Thursday that the prosecution’s case was strong enough to convict the defendants.

The court then gave both men the death penalty by hanging.

During the trial, the prosecution called Grace Omietimi to the stand. She told a detailed story about what it was like to be held captive.

She said that the second defendant, Anthony Kio Eligwe, was the person who kept her in his house the whole time.

The Investigating Officer from the DSS Bayelsa State Command backed up her story by explaining how they found and arrested the suspects.

The ruling ends a case that has been going on for years and strengthens the courts’ stance against kidnapping and other crimes related to it.

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