Murder of Cynthia Okogosu

Murder of Cynthia Okogosu
DateJuly 21, 2012 (2012-07-21)
LocationLagos, Nigeria
TypeRape, Theft, Murder
BurialSeptember 7, 2012 (2012-09-07)
Delta State
Nigeria, Nigeria
ConvictedOkwumi Echezona Nwabufor
Ejike Ilechukwu Olisaeloka.
TrialAugust 27, 2012 – March 23, 2017 (2012-08-27 2017-03-23)
VerdictGuilty
ConvictionsMurder
SentenceDeath

Cynthia Udoka Osokogu was a Nigerian woman who was stalked on Facebook, lured from her residence in Abuja to a Lagos hotel under the pretext of business, then drugged, tied up, robbed, raped, beaten and strangled to death in 2012.