TWO young girls have reportedly been
killed in the farm by suspected ritualist 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.
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