Vivian Uchechi Ogu

Vivian Uchechi Ogu was born in Benin City on 1 April 1995 to Peter Ogu and his wife in Imo State, Nigeria. She was the second out of four children. She attended the Air Force Nursery and Primary School. She was a parishioner of St. Paul's Catholic Church, Benin City. She was a member of the Catholic Charismatic Renewal, the choir mistress of the children's choir, and the president of the Holy Childhood Association in the parish. Vivian had a self-determined goal to live an exemplary Christian life, with which she inspired other young people to greater spirituality and love for humanity. Even in a non-Catholic school, the 14-year-old girl joined an interdenominational group, where she maintained the position of Assistant Prayer Leader until her death. She patterned her life after St. Maria Goretti, who became her model after reading about her and always instructing other children about her.

On 15 November 2009, Vivian spoke about the topic of virginity at her parish, St. Paul's Catholic Church, that Sunday morning, and in the evening, she was forcefully abducted alongside her elder sister by three armed men after robbing the family of their valuables, the armed men took Vivian and her sister out of the house and attempted to rape them. She kept telling her sister not to allow them, even if it meant they would be killed. The robbers were distracted by her insistency and in the process, her sister was able to escape. Following a struggle with her assailants, she was shot dead, and her body was found the following day.

At the age of nine, Vivian began to publicly demonstrate her zeal and courage in speaking to other children about the dignity of purity and virginity. Vivian was quite young but very committed both at Church and school. She took part in events organised by the Church, such as the yearly Children's Day Celebration, the Annual Children Mission Day, and the Christmas Carol Service, as well as the end-of-year Thanksgiving. In addition, she took part in the activities in the parish community where the children are given the responsibility of organizing liturgical activities for the day, through her inspiration, the parish council approved the children's choir which grew from about twenty children to sixty children at the time of her death. It is therefore not surprising that when the Holy Childhood Association (HCA) was inaugurated in the parish in 2006, Vivian was unanimously elected as the first president.

The Government council of Ikpoba Okha named the street on which she was killed "Vivian Ogu". On 17 September 2019, the Edo State government launched the Vivian Ogu Sexual Assault Referral Centre. Memorial Day for Vivian Ogu is the 15 November every year. The Vivian Ogu Movement was inaugurated in 2014 by the Catholic Archbishop of Benin. She was declared Servant of God on 7 October 2023 at Holy Cross Cathedral. They are pursuing the cause for her beatification and canonization not just because she was killed for refusing to be raped but also because she made a significant impact in the life of so many young people, as well as her apostolic zeal for the Lord before her death.