Police detectives in Asaba, the Delta State capital have
uncovered a hideout/operational base of suspected ritualists with scores
of unidentified corpses of women.
The police command spokesman, Assistant Superintendent of Police
(ASP) Famous Ajieh, said the detectives acted on a tip-off to swoop on
the suspects in their operational base in Okpanam village where four of
them were arrested. The police, he said, found scores of mutilated and
decomposed bodies of women.
It was learnt that the replacement of commercial motor cycles with
tricycles popularly known as “Keke” had led to the influx of suspected
ritualists who use the new means of transportation to charm unsuspecting
passengers and take them to the hideouts where they are allegedly
killed with vital parts of their bodies removed.
LEADERSHIP SUNDAY gathered that activities of the ritualists
increased during the Yuletide in Asaba and its environs when they caught
a pregnant woman on her way to church service along Nnebisi Road and
allegedly hypnotised her. They allegedly took her to their hideout where
she met other persons being held by the suspects.
But through divine intervention, she was said to have been pushed away when it was her turn to face the ritual exercise.
Police sources however, confirmed that four persons were arrested
including their kingpin identified as Simeon (surname withheld), who
upon interrogation confessed to the gang’s atrocities while three others
are on the run.
Ritual activities allegedly thrive in Ibusa, Ogwashi-Uku, Ubulu-Uku and Okpanam.
While warning passengers to be wary of the operators of the “Keke,”
Ajieh said their activities had been placed under serious surveillance.
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