Nigerian newspapers · 22 July 2020
Suspected ritualists murder another teenager in Ibadan
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Suspected ritualists have once again struck in Ibadan, the Oyo State capital, with the murder of another teenager. It was gathered that the 16-year-old teenager known as Toke was murdered on Monday night along the Ibadan-Oyo Road in Akinyele Local Government Area of the state.
It will be recalled that Akinyele Local Government has been in the news lately for a series of killings suspected to be carried out by ritualists.
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Five people including an 18-year-old teenager, Barakat Bello were killed in the local government in June this year. However, even though the Oyo state police command had paraded three persons in connection with several killings in the local government area, there have not been further developments on the cases.
Toke’s corpse was found in a bush on Tuesday, after her parents made several attempts to locate her. According to sources, Toke had been sent to purchase petrol by her parents on Monday night, but she did not return home. It was later discovered that she had been killed by yet to be identified persons.
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Public Relations Officer (PRO) of the state Police Command, Olugbenga Fadeyi confirmed the incident in a statement issued on Tuesday. He said that investigations had commenced to fish out and arrest the killers of the deceased teenager.
“A 16-year-old body was found inside the bush at Onikoko along Ibadan-Oyo express road, at past 9 am, on Tuesday. When the police from Divisional Police Officer, Moniya division, visited the scene, it was later discovered that the parents sent her, yesterday, at about 9 pm 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 corpse 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.”