Ritualists behead man, chop of his manhoodPosted by News Updates on September 29, 2011 at 6:51am in Nigeria Crime News
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BY MATTHEW DIKE Thursday, September 29, 2011
Suspected ritualists on Tuesday in Lagos beheaded an unidentified man and chopped off his manhood. Residents of Ajegunle, a Lagos suburb were shocked when they woke up to see a headless body on Aroworade Street.
Residents trooped to the scene to catch a glimpse of the victim who was bound hands and feet. He was stripped naked. Nobody was able to identify the dark-complexioned man who was brutally murdered by the ritualists.
A woman who resided in that street and identified herself simply as Mama Bose told Daily Sun that she heard the scream of a man at about 2am after which the environment remained quiet again.
Mama Bose said she never envisaged that the man was in danger.
The woman said she felt that one of the destitute, who walked the streets in the area must have screamed unnecessarily and she went back to sleep. Residents in the area were said to have moved round the houses in the street to ascertain if any man was missing or did not come back from work. Another resident, one Mr. Wale said the man might be a visitor returning from a far journey and did not reach his destination on time because of traffic gridlock along Ore – Benin Road. He said probably the visitor was coming for an emergency mission and could not reach his host on phone.
Meanwhile, the Divisional Police Officer in charge of Layeni Division, Mr. Chijioke Ndu, a Chief Superintendent of Police, led a team of policemen to the scene to ascertain the situation. A policeman at the station told Daily Sun that Ndu had told all the policemen in the division to be at alert to observe suspicious movements so that the hoodlums could be apprehended in the area. The divisional police officer also reintroduced the strategy, which was used to track down and arrest two men in possession of human skulls two years back.
Ndu also contacted officials of Ajeromi/Ifelodun Local Government Area about the headless body. The council responded by depositing the body in a general hospital mortuary. Area ‘B’ Apapa Commander, Mr. AlHassan Ali, an Assistant Commissioner of Police, told Daily Sun that the police were on the trail of the alleged ritualists. Ali also urged residents in the area to be observant and report any suspicious stranger to the police.
He appealed to the residents to avoid black spots, stop moving around or sleeping outside during unholy hours. He reminded them that,‘we are already in Ember month’ and that they should be careful because some people want to make money through evil means. He said the police were still investigating the matter and the identity of the deceased was still unknown. He said nobody came up to tell the police about any missing person in the area.
He also said the case would soon be transferred to the State Criminal Investigation Department (SCID), Musiliu Smith Street, Yaba.
In another development, the Lagos State Commissioner of Police, Mr. Yakubu Alkali, has read riot act to the National Union of Road Transport Workers (NURTW).
Ali told the national executives of NURTW to shun violence and embrace peace.
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