Crime
BARBARIC! Suspected ritualists behead lady, remove vital organs
An unidentified 60-year-old woman was reportedly beheaded by suspected ritualists in front of her house in Oghara, Delta State.
According to viral reports, the sad incident happened on Tuesday morning.
The deceased was reportedly on her way to sell cassava flakes popularly known as garri when the ritualists attacked her.
The ritualists cut her head and removed her vital organs. Her dead body was later found by neighbours lying beside her bowl of cassava.
Recall that the Nigeria Police Force recently arrested eight suspected ritual killers, including a woman with 11 human skulls in Ilorin, Kwara.
Acting DCP Jimoh Moshood, the Force Public Relations Officer listed the suspects as Azeez Yakubu, principal suspect, Ahmed Yahaya, Abdulfatai Kadri ( Vigilante Commander), Aishat Yunisa, Lukman Saka, Abdulganiyu Bamidele, Soliu Ayinde and Abdulrasaq Babamle.
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Items recovered from the suspects included 11 human skulls, human bones, powder suspected to be human bones, human hair and some charms.
He said that the arrest followed complaints to the police in Ilorin of missing persons, kidnappings, and killings for ritual purposes.
The spokesman said that upon the arrival of the police joint investigation team in Ilorin on Oct. 5, Yakubu, the principal suspect, was arrested after a search was conducted in his No. 20 Ile Opa residence.
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