Benin City, 06 October, 2023 / 9:25 pm (ACI Africa).
A movement seeking to promote the awareness of the life of Vivian Ogu, a 14-year-old Nigerian girl who opted to be killed rather than be sexually defiled is calling for testimonies to start the cause for her canonization.
Vivian was murdered on 15 November 2009 by armed robbers who attacked her home. The armed men took Vivian out of the house and attempted to rape her. She refused and opted to be killed instead.
The Vivian Ogu Movement (VOM), started by Archbishop Augustine Obiora Akubeze of Benin City Archdiocese announced in a Thursday, October 5 statement that “an edict would be issued” calling on members of the public to come forward with testimonies “whether positive or negative” on the life of the Nigerian teen that “could be of good value either for or against the cause.”
They said, “It is important to note that the Archdiocese is pursuing the cause for the beatification and canonization of Vivian Ogu not just because she was killed for refusing to be raped but because of the great impact she made in the lives of so many youths as well as her zeal for the Lord before her death.”
They noted that beatification and canonization of Vivian Ogu would be “of great pastoral benefit to the church in Nigeria.”
