A final-year student of the Ambrose Alli University, Ekpoma simply identified 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 missed an examination scheduled for Monday.

The sources said messages sent from her phone suggested that she was kidnapped with 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. (The Nation, excluding headline)