Mrs Tari Itonyo, mother of late Miss Matilda Itonyo, the
final year female law student of the Rivers State University who was stabbed to
death in the early hours of Tuesday, December
10th, has cried out for justice.
Matilda was stabbed
to death by yet to be identified persons inside her apartment in Eagle lsland
area of Port Harcourt, the Rivers state capital. She was found in the pool of
her blood by her friend who alerted the police.
Speaking to newsmen,
Mrs Itonyo who could not control her tears, appealed to security agencies to
fish out the persons responsible for the gruesome murder of her child whom she
described as her ''Hope and future''.
“I just want justice. Just look at me. The girl has
struggled… struggled to final year for Law. My Hope…My Future. Part of my flesh
and blood is going out of me. My tomorrow’s Glory is going down l need justice.
l need…justice, l need…l need justice l can’t bear it. Matilda is somebody
everybody wants to to be a mother to. Matilda is somebody everybody is saying
how I wish l have Baby like this one. How can they cut down the life of my
daughter like this? I need Government to help me. I need justice.” she said
weeping
Ebikili ltonyo, father of the deceased, also demanded
justice.
“My daughter struggled
to make it and somebody will just come to take her life like that. Its a very
painful thing. l don’t even know what to do. Let the Government come to my
aid. People of Nigeria… People of
Bayelsa,people of Rivers State please come to my aid to get the killers of my
daughter.”
Spokesperson of the Rivers state police command, Nnamdi
Omoni, says the police has begun investigation into the circumstances
surrounding the killing of Matilda.
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