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A 70-year-old woman, identified as Madam Sidikat Jimoh, has been murdered at her residence on Ayetoro Street in Ogbagi Akoko town in the Akoko North-West Local Government Area of Ondo State.

PUNCH Metro gathered that the alleged killers removed some body parts of the deceased, which raised suspicions that the murder could be for ritual purposes.


A source said, “The residents of the area woke up this (Monday) morning and saw the 70-year-old woman in a pool of blood.

“Her assailants removed parts of her body. There is also an indication that the ritual killers initially wanted to set the body ablaze. Some of the removed parts were forgotten by her assailants, while they fled the scene.”

The source said the remains of the deceased had been deposited at the morgue of the Ondo State Specialist Hospital, Ikare Akoko.

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The state Police Public Relations Officer, CSP Femi Joseph, confirmed the incident, adding that investigation was ongoing.

“Though we have yet to arrest any suspect, we have commenced an investigation into the case and we are already after the suspected killers,” the PPRO state