Suspected ritualists kill teen girls in Ondo

Akure —TWO young girls have reportedly been
killed in the farm by suspected ritualists at Iju in
Akure North Local Government Area of Ondo State.
The community has subsequently been thrown into
mourning, following death of the two girls,
identified as Oyinkansola Owoeye and Folasade
Bello
Police sources told Vanguard in Akure that both
girls, aged 12, reportedly went to the farm to fetch
firewood but never returned.
A search party was organised by their parents and
relatives after waiting endlessly for their return
Their lifeless bodies, inflicted with machetes cuts,
were later found by the road side on the way to the
farm.
Sources added that beside the machetes cuts all
over their bodies, it was also discovered that their
blood had been allegedly drained by their
assailants suspected to be ritualists.
Contacted, Police image maker, Wole Ogodo,
confirmed their death, but however said they were
killed by unknown assailants in the town.
He said: “We received information that the two
girls, Oyinkansola and Folasade, went to the bush
to fetch fire wood where they met their untimely
death last Saturday.
“ Our detectives have visited the scene of the
crime, while photographs of the corpses were
taken as the corpses had been removed and
deposited at the mortuary of the State Specialists
Hospital for autopsy “.
The police image maker said no arrest had been
made by the police as regards the death of the
girls
“ We, hereby, appeal to the people of the state to
field the command with any useful information that
could lead to the arrest of the criminals. Such
information will be treated with utmost
confidentiality,” Ogodo said.
Source: Vanguard news.