Naija News

Ritualists may have taken over Ogere, Ogun State, on Lagos-Sagamu
expressway as a female victim on her way to Lagos from Port Harcourt
was kidnapped and taken away at gun point for slaughter.

Her fresh corpse was later found close to the point where she was
kidnapped two weeks later, with vital organs of her body, including
tongue, breasts and clitoris missing and Vanguard gathered that this
is the second of such incident occurring in the area in three weeks

The victim, Miss Tonia Ibelefa, 25, was travelling in company of two
male relations in a private car when the incident occurred.

Eyewitness told Vanguard that the armed ritualists blocked the
expressway, dragged the University of Port Harcourt graduate out of
the car and took her into the bush, adding that the two male family
members with the girl surrendered her at gun point.

"She is the one we want and you must surrender her," the ritualists
told the two men, according to the witness.

The witness said the matter was immediately reported to the police in
the area who launched a manhunt for the criminals to no avail.

Messages were also said to have been sent to the girl's family in Port
Harcourt who also reported the case to the police who immediately
declared a case of missing person.

Thinking that it was a case of kidnap, the family waited to hear from
the abductors but got no information about her whereabout.

However, the ritualists last Thursday called the parents through the
number obtained from their victim's phone, advising them to pick up
the corpse of their daughter at a junction very close to where the
incident happened.

Elder sister of the deceased confirmed that that family had since
recovered the corpse, which still looked very fresh at the time of
recovery, giving an indication that she was not killed immediately she
was kidnapped.