Suspected Ritualists Strike Again In Ibadan

Some suspected ritualists have struck again in Ibadan, Oyo State, with the killing of another teenager at Akinyele Local Government Area of the state.

The 16-year-old victim, identified as Toke, was reportedly found dead in a bush on Tuesday after several attempts by her parents to locate her.

Public Relations Officer (PRO) of the Oyo State Police command, Olugbenga Fadeyi, confirmed the incident to The Guardian and said the State Police Commissioner had ordered an investigation into happenings in the area.

He said “A 16-year-old body was found inside the bush at Onikoko, along Ibadan-Oyo Express Road, at past 9:00 a.m. on Tuesday. When the police from Moniya Divisional Police Office visited the scene, it was later discovered that the parents sent her at about 9:00 p.m. to go and buy petrol.

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“In the process, she was attacked by some assailants who are still at large and the body was discovered in the morning. It is a case of suspected murder. The Commissioner of Police has ordered an investigation to find out what happened again in that area. The investigation has started and soon, we will arrest the perpetrators of that act.”

This incident comes days after a suspected ritualist, Sheu Usman, was paraded by the state command as the mastermind of the serial ritual killings in Ibadan with confessions to have killed six victims.