The 300 level Accounting female student of the Benson Idahosa University
who was molested to death while on her way to a prayer vigil in
Benin-City, Edo state has been buried.
The
22-year-old Deborah Bassey who was said to be a 'virgin' was molested
to death, her throat slit and her lifeless body dumped at Upper Adesuwa,
area of the state by the unidentified attackers.
The mother of the
late Deborah who said she has left her daughter's attackers to God and
would not seek revenge, also thanked God for the kind of her life her
daughter lived before her untimely death.
Although Mrs. Felicia
Bassey is unaware that her daughter was molested as family members
refused to disclose this, recounted how she received the news of her
daughter's death, who was a sickle cell patient and had gone to the
hospital for medical attention.
“So, after waiting for some time in
the house, I decided to go and meet her in the hosiptal. Before I got
there, one of the staff said my daughter had left the hospital in the
night, that my daughter said she was going to the church.
“So, I now
quickly rushed to the church. When I got there, they said they did not
see her in the church. They said I should sit down, that they would look
for her. The pastors now rallied round before they told me that they
saw her on the road, that she had an accident.”
“The second day, we
just heard that she died. I thank God because she served God. Everybody
knows about it. In the church they know her, at school they know her, in
the compound they know her. I give God the glory and I know even though
she is dead now, she is in the hands of the Lord. Praise God,” Mrs.
Bassey said.
Meanwhile Deborah’s elder sisters, Mrs. Pearl Godswill
and Ms Edna Bassey expressed shock over the death of their sister
saying: “The only thing that I want to say is that it’s a pity that she
went so soon. It’s so painful and disheartening. Her dream, everything
is gone. But she is still in our memory and we say good night.”
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