#JusticeForBarakat: A Teenage Student Raped And Killed In Ibadan

A 19-year-old student of the Federal College of Animal and Production Technology Moore Plantation, Apata, Ibadan, has been gang raped and murdered in Ibadan, the Oyo state capital.

The teenager, Barakat Bello, who was undertaking the National Diploma programme in Science Laboratory Technology, was reportedly attacked on June 1, 2020.

Punch reports that the latest attack occurred at her home on Tuesday, June 2, 2020 in the Akinyele area of Ibadan.

The father of the deceased, Kasimu Elepo, told Sahara Reporters that he was not at home when the incident occurred.

He disclosed that the deceased’s sister was also out of the house at the time the tragic incident occurred.

According to him, the victim’s sister found Barakat’s body at the back of the house in a pool of blood when she returned from Qur’anic lessons.

“I was not at home when the incident happened. The younger sister was not at home too, she went for Quaranic lessons but when she returned home, she saw her at the back of the house with deep cuts all over her body. She had been raped and killed.

“Somebody called me on the phone that I should come home but he refused to tell me what happened. When I got home, I saw that my daughter had been raped and stabbed to death.”

Barakat has been buried in accordance with Islamic rites.
The hashtag #JusticeforBarakat is now trending on social media platform Twitter.

Barakat’s death comes in the wake of the rape and murder of Uwa, a 22-year-old student of the University of Benin, on May 27, 2020.

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