A 24-year-old Joy Onoh, an online vendor and graduate of Mass Communication from the Benue Satte University, have been found dead.
The dead body of the victim who hails from Obollo Afor, in Enugu State, was found at North Bank area of Makurdi the state capital on Wednesday, October 20, 2021.
Onoh who was awaiting a call up from the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC), was said to have received a call on Tuesday to supply a cloth at North Bank, a suburb of Makurdi.
She did not return until her corpse was found the following day in a bush at Federal Low Cost.
According to the deceased’s mother, Mrs Grace Onoh, a widow with three children, the victim struggled to send herself to the University through the little business she was doing.
Narrating the incident to news men, Mrs Onoh said;
“Joy left home on Tuesday to deliver Turtle Neck cloth to some persons at Federal Housing, North Bank.
“She left the house at about 4.50pm and did not return again. I made frantic efforts to call her phone but someone busied it. Her sister Cynthia called and this time, it went through but she cried and asked her sister to send her bank details.
“I reported the matter to the Police that night but they asked me to come back the next day. The next day, they told me to wait till after 24 hours only to hear by 5pm that her body was found at Federal Low Cost in North Bank.
Benue State Police Public Relations Officer, DSP Catherine Anene who confirmed the incident added that “Investigation is ongoing to ascertain the cause of her death.”