Detectives from Ondo State
Police Command are on the trail of suspected ritual doers who killed a 60
year-old woman with hunchback. The police are also on the trail of the woman’s
son, who colluded with the kidnappers after being paid N7million.
Policemen at the
Underground Ritualist Den along Lagos-Abeokuta Highway
The woman identified as
Mrs. Rukayat Abodunde, was abducted by two gunmen who came to her home in
Ayetoro Street in Ondo town, pretending to have come to buy fish from her,
according to The Nation.
The abduction happened
around 10 p.m, the paper said, without indicating the actual date of the
incident.
The report said the
suspected kidnappers reappeared few days after the abduction of the woman to
demand refund of N7m from his son, after they discovered that the hunchback was
not natural, but caused by an accident.
The woman appeared to have
been killed and the son is also on the run.
Police spokesman, Femi
Joseph, a Superintendent of Police (SP), confirmed the incident. He added the
two suspected kidnappers invaded the home of the victim and whisked her away.
According to him, the
incident was reported at the police station by one Omotola Oseyemi and
detectives swung into action to ensure the release of the abducted woman.
Joseph said they
interrogated the people in the area but members of the family were not showing
enough interest in the disappearance of the woman.
The police spokesman said
the case was still being investigated to unravel those behind the dastardly
act.
In February 2017, the
police in Edo State arrested four suspected ritual doers over the murder of a
62-year-old man, with hunchback, in Urue village, Owan East Local Government
Area of Edo.
The police said the
suspects hacked off the man’s hunchback for ritual after killing him. They put
the hunchback into a jerry can of honey, for onward delivery to a native doctor
in Ifon, Ondo State.
The victim was identified
as Oluma. The police gave the names of the suspects as, Ajuma Sunday, 36, Peter
Olotu, 38, Sunday Okoro, 62 and a native doctor Philip Ogeneka, 50.
The arrested suspects
committed the act on January 29, 2017.
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