Nigerian American Activist Oluwatoyin Salau Found Dead After Being Sexually Assaulted

Black Lives Matter Activist Oluwatoyin Salau Found Dead After Being Sexually Assaulted

A 19-year-old Black Lives Matter activist and protestor Oluwatoyin Salau has been found dead just days after tweeting that a man who offered her a ride to church had sexually assaulted her.

Oluwatoyin Salau is a Nigerian American activist. She’s been very much active in the ongoing protests against racism, social injustice and Police brutality.

“Anyways I was molested in Tallahassee, Florida by a black man this morning at 5:30 on Richview and Park Ave. The man offered to give me a ride to find someplace to sleep and recollect my belongings from a church I refuged to a couple days back to escape unjust living conditions,” she wrote in the tweet.

Anyways I was molested in Tallahassee, Florida by a black man this morning at 5:30 on Richview and Park Ave. The man offered to give me a ride to find someplace to sleep and recollect my belongings from a church I refuged to a couple days back to escape unjust living conditions.

— Oluwatoyin (@virgingrltoyin) June 6, 2020

According to reports, Salau was last seen in Tallahassee, Florida, on June 6, according to a tweet from the Tallahassee Police Department’s Special Victims Unit.

The police department has not yet issued a public statement about Salau’s death but tweeted to say that they had found two bodies while investigating a missing person’s case. They also stated that they had a suspect in custody.

Here’s a report from the Police :

#MissingPerson please share. pic.twitter.com/0ho32GSCjV

— Tallahassee Police (@TallyPD) June 10, 2020

#JusticeForToyin is currently trending online. See some reactions on Twitter below :

Oluwatoyin “Toyin” Salau
Rest in Power Angel #JusticeForToyin after tweeting about her sexual assault she went missing for several days and her body was recently found. She was only 19. pic.twitter.com/4uAlVsAVHK

— Shari ✨ (@shariauna_) June 15, 2020

rest in power toyin. i’m so sorry this happened to you. you deserved so, so much more. your words were incredibly powerful and moving, i’m grateful to have marched with you. #JusticeforToyin pic.twitter.com/XNRPmr6OHL

— rae jenkins (@theraejenkins) June 15, 2020

SHE WAS 19. HER NAME IS OLUWATOYIN “TOYIN” SALAU. SHE WAS SEXUALITY ASSAULTED AND MURDERED. SHE WAS AN ACTIVIST WHO SHOWED UP TO EVERY PROTEST SHE COULD. FIGHT FOR BLACK WOMEN LIKE YOU FOUGHT FOR FLOYD. THIS IS NOT OVER. #JusticeForToyin pic.twitter.com/HrJVoKdaDT

— sydsᶻ ᵇˡᵐ (@mindofcherri) June 15, 2020

rest in power toyin. i’m so sorry this happened to you. you deserved so, so much more. your words were incredibly powerful and moving, i’m grateful to have marched with you. #JusticeforToyin pic.twitter.com/XNRPmr6OHL

— rae jenkins (@theraejenkins) June 15, 2020

#JusticeForToyin she was 19, posted about her rapist on twitter and was found dead a couple days later. she pleaded for help and nothing happened, then she went missing and turned up dead. & people wonder why we don’t report. rest in peace beautiful angel, we will fight for you pic.twitter.com/IZl2OofHOz

— mara (@pagetsmethyd) June 15, 2020

activist Oluwatoyin Salau was missing since June 6, after disturbing tweets detailing a sexual assault that had taken place that day. it has been reported that her body has been found. WHAT HAPPENED TO TOYIN? SAY HER NAME #JusticeforToyin pic.twitter.com/76PM2PJEjk

— dylan zo’brien (@kurtzobain) June 15, 2020