Justina 'Tiffany' Otuene: UNIPORT Expels Suspected Killer of Female Student

Justina 'Tiffany' Otuene: UNIPORT Expels Suspected Killer of Female Student

  • The Rivers state police command is currently handling the investigation to unravel events leading to the death of a female UNIPORT student
  • In a recent update, the police disclosed that Justina 'Tiffany' Otuene's boyfriend was the prime suspect in the murder case
  • However, the management of the University of Port Harcourt has expelled the young undergraduate student after his alleged involvement in Tiffany's death

Rivers state, Port Harcourt - The management of the University of Port Harcourt (UNIPORT) has maintained that it would not rest until the late Justina Otuene gets justice.

Justina 'Tiffany' Otuene, University of Port Harcourt, Rivers police
Justina 'Tiffany' Otuene's suspected killer has been expelled. Photo credit: BBC Pidgin
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Dean of Student Affairs, Chima Wokocha, made this statement when he and the Vice Chancellor, Prof Owunari Georgewill, visited the police station in Port Harcourt, where the prime suspect in the alleged murder was held.

According to Wokocha, the university was embarrassed by what had happened and was ready to support every effort to bring justice to Tiffany, BBC Pidgin reported.

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“I want to assure you all that the University will not stop the process of the law and the University also is worried about its image relating to such a gruesome incident,” the Dean said.

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Police speak on murder of UNIPORT student

Meanwhile, the horrifying death of 'Tiffany’ has continued to attract serious anger in the nation's polity.

The 24-year-old student of UNIPORT, Damian Okoligwe, whom the police declared as the prime suspect in Tiffany's murder, denied having a hand in his 20-year-old girlfriend’s death.

The Rivers State Commissioner of Police Polycarp Nwonyi, who gave a detailed account of how Tiffany's body was discovered, also revealed it was handling the troubling matter.

Missing FUOYE student found dead

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Meanwhile, Legit.ng reported that a student of the Federal University Oye-Ekiti (FUOYE), Atanda Modupe Deborah, was found dead.

Atanda, a 200-level student in the Department of Nursing, was declared missing after she set out to study at night on Monday, September 4.

On Thursday, September 7, Mufutau Ibrahim, the university’s registrar, confirmed that the student’s corpse had been discovered. Late Deborah was reportedly buried in a shallow grave.

Missing Abuja undergraduate found dead

The missing undergraduate student of the National Open University of Nigeria, Abuja, Ms Blessing Karami, was found dead.

It was gathered that Blessing's corpse was found in the woods of Karmo, a suburb in the Federal Capital Territory, after she had been declared missing since Monday, September 11.

Ms Blessing was reported to have left her workplace in Garki before the regular closing hour on the day she was declared missing.

Source: Legit.ng

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Esther Odili (Politics and Current Affairs Editor) Esther Odili is a journalist and a Politics/Current Affairs Editor at Legit.ng with 6+ years of experience. She Holds OND and HND in Mass Communication from the Nigerian Institue of Journalism (NIJ), where she was recognized as the best student in print journalism in 2018. Before joining Legit.ng, Esther has worked with other reputable media houses, such as the New Telegraph newspaper and Galaxy Television. In 2024, Esther obtained a certificate in advanced digital reporting from the Google News Initiative. Email: esther.odili@corp.legit.ng.