Nigerians, it is time to speak up. The gruesome murder of Elozino Joshualia Ogege, a brilliant and decent young lady from Delta State University (DELSU), remains a painful wound that refuses to heal. What started as a simple search for accommodation in 2018 has turned into one of the most heartbreaking cases of ritual killing the country has seen – and eight years later, justice is still nowhere in sight.
Elozino was no stranger to hard work. A first-class student from 100 level straight to 300 level at DELSU, she was the kind of girl everyone admired – focused, respectful, and never involved in any shady lifestyle. To her secondary school friends, she wasn’t just a classmate; she was the one you sat beside, laughed with, and trusted. She was simply a good girl trying to sort out her life.
That fateful day, all Elo wanted was a place to rent. She approached a security man working on campus – Onoriode, popularly called Onos – who had easy access to the school environment. Onos, a contract staff from a private security company, promised to help her find accommodation. Unknown to her, the man was an ex-convict.
What followed was pure evil.
Onos did not act alone. He teamed up with a gang of Yahoo boys, including one identified as Desmond, and a security supervisor named Nwosisi Benedict Uche. The real mastermind, a Yahoo boy who had just returned from Ghana, already had two houses in Abraka. He gave the boys one deadly assignment: find a girl for ritual sacrifice to boost their “Yahoo Plus” money rituals. Sadly, Elozino was not their first victim.
They planned everything carefully. The gang waited for her at Campus 3, overpowered her by putting something on her face, and bundled her into a vehicle. They drove her out of Abraka into a nearby bush.
According to the confessions later made to the police, Elozino cried and begged for her life even as they plucked out her eyes while she was still alive. They removed her breasts and heart too. She kept pleading until her last breath. But they did not stop. Her body parts were then taken to a native doctor identified as Ojokojo Robinson Obajero for the money-making ritual.
The Delta State Police only got on the trail after her family reported her missing. Her phone was tracked, leading to the arrest of the suspects. The then Police Public Relations Officer, DSP Andrew Aniamaka, confirmed that the case began as a missing person report before it became a full-blown murder investigation. The Commissioner of Police at the time, Muhammad Mustafa, publicly described the suspects as ritual killers. One of the masterminds even died while trying to escape arrest.
Yet here we are in 2026 – the case is still crawling in court. Adjournment after adjournment. Delay after delay. The family and friends of Elozino have been waiting for justice that never seems to come.
DELSU itself has come under fire. How does a university allow an ex-convict to work as security personnel on campus? Why has the institution shown little concern over the negligence that cost one of its own students her life? These are questions that still beg for answers.
Elozino left home one day looking for a house and never returned. She trusted the wrong person – a security man inside her own school environment. Today, her friends and family are left with nothing but memories and a burning desire for justice.
Nigerians, this cannot continue. How many more young girls must die like this before we all rise up? They have confessed. The evidence is there. These suspects should have faced the full wrath of the law years ago.
We are calling on the Delta State Government, the judiciary, and every well-meaning Nigerian to ensure this case does not die. Share this story. Speak about it. Pressure the authorities. Elozino’s blood is crying out for justice – and we cannot afford to stay silent any longer.
#JusticeForElozino
Her story must not be forgotten.
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