Young woman brutally murdered by suspected ritualists, private part removed in Ogun

A corpse of a yet-to-be-identified woman was found dumped in a drainage along OGTV Road in Ajebo area of Abeokuta, the Ogun State capital, with her private part mutilated.

A source told Punch on Thursday, May 8, 2025 that residents woke up on Tuesday to the gory sight and alerted the police.

The source disclosed that details of how she was dropped there could not be ascertained, but upon closer examination, they realised that her private part had been cut off.

“A lady was found lifeless on Tuesday in a gutter along OGTV Road, Abeokuta. She was suspected to have been used for a ritual; her private part was missing. The police came around and took her body to the State Hospital Morgue in Ijaiye,” the source said. 

Meanwhile, a senior security officer in the area who was privy to the incident told the publication that the deceased was a commercial sex worker. 

The officer disclosed that her friends narrated that a man had picked her up at their popular spot in Oke-Ilewo a day before the incident.

However, her lifeless body was found with machete wounds on the neck and hands, while her private part was cut off.

“The lady was a commercial sex worker. Her friends said she was picked up by one man at their spot in Iwe-Iroyin, Oke-Ilewo. She had machete wounds on her neck and her hands, and her private part was cut off,” the officer said.