From PAUL OSUYI, Asaba
The remains of the 24-year-old Cynthia Valerie Udoka Osokogu were yesterday committed to mother earth at the family’s compound on Owa-Ekei Road, Boji-Boji Owa, in Ika North East Local Government Area of Delta State.
Her interment came about one month after a funeral service was held in her honour and the suspension of her burial rites following non-release of her body by the police. The corpse, which was released to the family on Thursday, had arrived the final resting place yesterday at 3pm, in a Toyota ambulance car with registration number Lagos LY 616 EKY. The sombre ceremony, which lasted about 25 minutes, was witnessed by a few of her loved ones, following the family’s decision to keep it low. But her elder siblings, Kenneth and Williams, played prominent roles.
Rev. Fr. Leonard Biachi of the St. Dominic Catholic Church, Boji-Boji Owa, performed the graveside prayers before the corpse was lowered to the waiting arms of mother earth. In an emotion-laden tune, Major General Frank Osokogu (retd), Cynthia’s dad, remarked that though it was a sad development for the entire family, “what you cannot help, you endure, you confronting it.
It is a difficult vacuum to fill if you can even fill a vacuum, but life goes on.” General Osokogu expressed confidence that justice would be served by the judiciary on the murder case, saying that the case was between “somebody and the state and not somebody against somebody; it is not a civil case. I believe that justice would be done.”
He said the family was impressed with the reaction of the security forces, especially the police since the incident occurred and thanked the press generally for the role they played while the mourning lasted, soliciting that the tempo should be sustained. “We are just half way; after the burial, the court case continues, hence I hope the media will not relent to seeing to the finality of this case,” he appealed.
Cynthia was murdered in a hotel in FESTAC Town, Lagos by some friends she met on the social media, facebook.
na wa oo wat a world we are is so painful,daddy,mummy,sisters,brothers,school mate,friends.business colleague.wel wishers nd other relatives.B strong nd take heart.vengence belong to God.cynthia may ur gentle soul fyn peace in d bossom of d lord almighty.amen.gudby
RIP Cynthia.
It is very very unfortunate what has happened to our dearly beloved Cynthia whom we all loved and cherished for her entrepreneurship, industrious, hard-work and productiveness etc, that she should be cut short like this in life. I know that this could have happened to any one of us in our life endearvous, but what can we do other than to take solace in the great Lord who is the great consoller of all time that He consoles all of us in this moment of grief and receive her gentle soul into great eternity IJN. I pray to the police authority and the judiciary in this case that no stone should be left unturn in ensureing that justice is not only appeared to be done but is done. For the wicked shall not go unpunished.
May they God forgive her and give her internal life,in Jesus name Amen
why it happen to ds young lady.may hr gentle soul rest in perfect peace amin.ds wicked evil miscreans must b given capital punishment?
May her gentle soul continue to rest in perfect peace…amen. Adieu Cynthia
its a pity she became a victim of circumstances, the question on everybody’s lips is why did she honoured such an invitation its a lesson to be learn from her especially our young gals who can do anything for money, however i wish her soul a in the bosom of our lord Jesus christ
Adieu Cynthia.. May her soul rest in peace.
May she find rest in the bosom of God Almighty. Amen. I kept prayn to God to console her parents! It is not easy to lose the baby of the hse & the only daughter for that matter. RIP CYN.
May her soul rest in perfect peace provided every other users realise THE GOOD, THE BAD and THE UGLY of the so-called FACEBOOK.
Let this serve as a lesson to OTHERS.
May her soul rest in perfect peace in the bosom of thy Lord..
Face devil.
It is hard to b/l dis kind act can happen in our dear nation. it is indeed a lession 4 us all to lean. RIP. (CNT)
Dear sister, though you are gone on our sight, we shall meet in the next home to depart no more, R I P.