Ritualists pluck 9-yr-old boy’s eyes in Bauchi

BAUCHI — The Bauchi State Police Command has disclosed that some unknown ritualists attacked and removed the eyes of a nine-year-old boy in Toro Local Government Area of the state.

The command’s spokesman, DSP Haruna Mohammed, who confirmed the incident yesterday, said around 2.30 pm, unknown assailants, suspected to be ritualists, attacked and removed the eyes of a nine-year-old Haruna Dahiru of Badiko ward in Toro Local Government Area of the state.

It was learnt that the victim was rearing cattle at Babujaye in Gumau village when the ritualists trailed his movement to a solidarity area where they attacked him.

According to the Haruna, “the victim’s movement was trailed by the ritualists to a solidarity area before he was attacked.

“The scene was visited by the Police detectives attached to Gumau Division and the victim was rushed to General Hospital Toro for treatment.”

He, however, assured that the police had commenced investigation into the matter and were also making efforts to apprehend the fleeing suspects.

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Ritualists pluck 9-yr-old boy’s eyes in Bauchi

Man Dies Digging Grave To Steal Skull

DESPITE the increase in cases of jungle justice being meted out to suspected kidnappers and ritualists lately, most especially in Oyo, Ogun, Osun and other states, some desperate ritualists are still not deterred by these horrible deaths, as an unidentified young man in Ilobu community, in the Irepodun Local Government Area of Osun State, met his Waterloo in the early hours of Wednesday while attempting to cut off the head of a corpse, buried in Tonto compound in the area.

The suspect’s accomplices fled in terror after seeing half his body get stuck mysteriously in the grave. His death has generated concern among the terrified residents of the Ilobu community.

Saturday Tribune gathered that the victim and his partners in crime allegedly came to Tonto compound in the early hours of Wednesday with a plot to exhume the corpse of an aged woman and sever her decomposed head, allegedly for ritual purposes.

A credible source in the community, who did not want to be named, told Saturday Tribune that “this particular corpse was buried five years ago and the suspected ritualist attended the burial in Ilobu.”

He explained: “There are indications that he did not dig the grave alone. What we discovered is that he may have been attempting to cut off the head of the corpse when something suddenly hooked him as he managed to force half of his body into the grave to cut off the head.

“He got hooked and died on the spot, a development which possibly compelled other ritualists to run away from the scene so that they may not be affected by the mysterious thing that killed (their colleague).”

While commenting on how the residents of Ilobu got to know about the incident, since it happened in the wee hours, the source said a woman who was hawking ogi (a local corn meal) early in the morning of Wednesday spotted the torso of the suspect sticking out of the grave and raised the alarm.

“His corpse was discovered around 6.30am and his head was covered in mud. The residents here alerted the police division in Ilobu and they later came to evacuate the body and put it in their van before taking him away,” he said.

Saturday Tribune was informed that the remains of the suspected ritualist were subsequently taken to and deposited at the mortuary of the Ladoke Akintola University Teaching Hospital (LAUTECH), Osogbo, the state capital.

When contacted, the Commissioner of Police in Osun State, Mr Ibrahim Maishanu, said he was aware of the incident, and that the police would conduct investigation to determine what led to the suspect’s death.

He said the police could not confirm that the suspect was a ritualist because of the circumstances surrounding the discovery of his corpse at a grave in Ilobu; that they would have to investigate the matter before giving any concrete information on the incident.

A few weeks ago, no fewer than four suspected kidnappers were burnt to death in Osogbo and Ikire after they were accused of kidnapping. Worried by the development, Maishanu, on Tuesday after the state security council meeting in the Government House, said “the act of (meting out) jungle justice to suspects is barbaric, uncivilised and unacceptable. The security agencies will not fold their arms and watch our society descend into anarchy.

“By this, , any person or group of persons that constitutes a mob, takes laws into their hands and lynches any suspect is not morally or legally better than the suspects. Such person or group of persons will be caught and made to face murder charges, which is punishable by death.”

Man Dies Digging Grave To Steal Skull

Youths discover Another ritualists’ den in Abeokuta

ABEOKUTA — Hell was let lose yesterday in Abeokuta, the Ogun State capital, when residents of Akinremi Estate in Adigbe area of Obafemi-Owode Local Government Area, discovered another ritualists’ den. Angry youths trooped to the area and set the building ablaze.

Yesterday’s discovery was, however, special as the proprietors also used to breed babies for rituals. This development came barely 24 hours after a ritualists’ den was uncovered in Iyana-Egbado in Ewekoro Local Government Area of the state.

*Another baby Factory building discovered at Adigbe area Ogun State capital was totally burnt down by the angry youths, on Thursday. BY WUMI AKINOLA

Policemen from Adigbe Divisional Headquarters in Abeokuta rescued three pregnant ladies, three kids whose ages range between two and four, from the den. The police also arrested wife of the suspected proprietor of the house.

When Vanguard visited the scene, some neighbours around the estate explained that one of the victims, a young pregnant woman, escaped from the den, ran into a building located about 200 meters away and pleaded with the occupants to save her from assailants, Wednesday evening.

The victim, who claimed to have hailed from Abia State, was said to have informed the occupants of the building where she sought shelter that her elder sister sold her and her unborn baby to the ritualists for N100,000.

It was further gathered that the ritualists told the lady, who had spent three days in the den that she would stay till she delivered her baby, because her aunt had been paid for the unborn baby.

The police were alerted and reportedly carried out a raid on the premises at 11pm, Wednesday. As the news filtered into Abeokuta metropolis, angry youths, who were mostly students from the Moshood Abiola Polytechnic, Ojere, Abeokuta, reportedly invaded the duplex and carried out a thorough search of the rooms.

The youths discovered an ivory plate containing fresh blood, coffin, effigies, scorpion, assorted charms and other ritual items.

Also discovered were international e-passport and identity cards of junior and senior secondary school students of Sacred Heart Catholic College, Oke-Ilewo who may have been killed by the ritualists.

Several other male and female cloths of white garment worshipers suspected to have fallen victims were also recovered.

The mob set the building ablaze, including two vehicles parked within the premises: a Toyota Camry salon car with number plate LAGOS: EKY 942 AJ and a Mitsubushi salon car, LAGOS: AGL 971 BH.

Officials of the Ogun State Fire Service, however, succeeded in putting out the fire.

Fierce-looking policemen, who had been helplessly watching the angry youths, however, reinforced with an Armoured Personnel Carrier, arrested some youths and took them away to the command’s headquarters in Eleweran, Abeokuta.

The Command’s Deputy Public Relations Officer, PPRO, Abimbola Oyeyemi, who confirmed the incident, said two victims were rescued, while two others were also arrested in connection with the discovery.

Oyeyemi gave names of victims rescued as Jennifer Goodluck, who is nursing a two-month-old baby, while the other pregnant lady was simply identified as Oluchi. Both were said to be from Abia State.

He said the arrested suspects are one Muibat Yusuf and her brother, who are indigenes of Kwara State.

 

Youths discover Another ritualists’ den in Abeokuta

ANOTHER HORROR IN IBADAN: ‘Madman’ caught with human tongue, weapons and Blackberry

Barely four days after the discovery of mysterious forest where over 19 human skulls were found in Ibadan, another horror was discovered in the ancient city, yesterday.

A man, who feigned lunacy, was allegedly caught with human tongue, gun and cutlass around the popular Ring Road area of the city.

According to reports, residents of Ibadan rushed to catch a glimpse of the suspected human eater. The suspect was, however, whisked away by armed policemen to avert jungle justice.

Also, another man was mobbed by angry crowd after a price list of human parts was allegedly found on him.

This came as a man, who was about being dispossessed of the large sum of money he withdrew from a commercial bank at Mokola area of the city jumped down from a flyover with his money.

It was gathered that the suspect caught with human tongues was arrested at Oni and Son Memorial Hospital area of Ring Road.

A source said that over 400 posters of a politician contesting the 2015 governorship election, women underwear and some weapons were found on him. The source said he was rounded up by the policemen from Oluyole Police Station.

Another man, who reportedly disguised as a destitute, was caught at Adeoyo State Hospital with a price list of human parts.

After they were beaten by the mob, policemen took the three men to the State Criminal Investigation Department, SCID.

Exposure

According to information, the ‘mad’ man was exposed when his hidden blackberry phone rang. This was said to have aroused suspicion of passers-by who had all the while known the man as a destitute.

Further search on him, Vanguard gathered, revealed that he listed those owing him outstanding balance and the human parts they bought. That was when the mob descended on him.

When Vanguard got there, the police refused to comment saying the newsman should go to the police headquarters at Eleyele, Ibadan for reaction.

The man that jumped to escape being robbed of his money by two men on commercial motorcycle, it was further gathered, was rescued by policemen who were on duty under the flyover and taken to the hospital in an ambulance, as he sustained injuring in his arms.

The Police Public Relations Officer, SP Olabisi Ilobanafor, confirmed the arrest of a man who was beaten by the mob but said he did not know anything about the Adeoyo State Hospital incident.

She said: “I can’t say whether he is a ritualist or destitute. I don’t know whether things found on him were human tongues or not.

“It is only a forensic expert who can say precisely what they are. We use this opportunity to warn members of the public not to take laws into their hands by resorting to jungle justice whenever they see a suspect.

“We also want to advise parents not to allow their wards to mix up with mob to break any law.”

ANOTHER HORROR IN IBADAN: ‘Madman’ caught with human tongue, weapons and Blackberry