One Murder. One Facebook Comment. One Innocent Student in Jail (Theodore Awoh & Uwaila Omozuwa)

The program

A young university student went to church to study for her exams. She never made it home.

As Nigeria mourned Uwaila Omozuwa, anger spread across social media. Millions wanted justice. Then one Facebook comment changed another student's life forever.

Theodore Awoh, a fellow UNIBEN student, suddenly found himself at the centre of a nationwide manhunt after internet users linked him to a controversial Facebook account. Overnight, he went from an ordinary student to a man many believed was connected to one of Nigeria's most heartbreaking crimes.

How did one viral comment lead to an innocent student being arrested?

In this episode, we reconstruct the Uwaila Omozuwa case, the Facebook comment that ignited a digital witch-hunt, Theodore Awoh's ordeal, and the events that eventually led investigators to the real killer.

This isn't just the story of a murder. It's a story about grief, outrage, online justice, and what happens when millions of people decide someone is guilty before the facts catch up.

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