18-year-old Bello Barakat has been reported dead after she was ‘gang-raped’ and ‘murdered’ by unknown men.
Just as Nigerians are trying to get over the unfortunate death of Uwa and Tina, another story of the same sort is coming in from Ibadan.
According to The Nation, the father of Barakat, Mr Bello, found her dead close to their house and after she was examined, it was discovered that she had been raped.
However, a Facebook user who also shared the story online said she was stabbed to death after she resisted their attempt to rape her.
Barakat was a 100 level student of Federal College of Animal Health and Production in Ibadan, Oyo state.
Reports have it that the incident took place occurred on Tuesday, 2nd of June, 2020. While Nigerians are still mourning Uwa and Tina.
Meanwhile, Barakat has been buried according to the Islamic rites.
There has since been an online protest over the death of Barakat with the hashtag, #JusticeforBarakat.
In other news, we told you that the sister of late Uwa revealed that the police insulted her father and asked for money before they can carry out an investigation into sister’s death.
