A Final-Year student of the Ambrose Alli University, Ekpoma, Edo State, identified simply as Blessing, has been found dead five days after she was declared missing.
The late student was said to be in the Department of Micro-biology.
Sources said she was seen last Sunday but got missing after an examination held the next day, reports The Nation.
The sources said messages sent from her phone suggested that she was kidnapped and ransom demanded.
However, policemen were said to have stormed her residence and found her decomposing body within the compound.
Edo Police spokesman, Moses Yamu, confirmed the incident and said investigation has commenced.
