Police have arrested the suspected killer of UNIBEN student, Vera Omozuwa.
Spokesman of the Edo Police Command, Chidi Nwabuzor said the suspect was nailed after his fingerprints were examined.
Omozuwa was allegedly raped and brutally attacked while she was studying inside an RCCG church in Benin City.
Nigerians have been calling for the arrest and prosecution of those who had a hand in her death.
Omozuwa, a 22-year-old university student was taken to hospital where doctors battled to save her, but Omozuwa died three days later, the church spokesman Olaitan Olubiyi said.
Police spokesman described Omozuwa’s death as a “brutal attack” in a statement and said the force would “bring the perpetrators of the callous act to book in the shortest possible time.”