Some unknown ritualists have cut off the
head of a commercial motorcyclist at Ekpoma,
Esan West Local Government Area of Edo
State. The ritualist took away the victim’s
head after separating it from the body,
leaving the corpse in a pool of blood.
The incident was said to have occurred at
8pm on a lonely street adjacent to the
Ambrose Alli University College of Medicine,
The Nation reports.
According to reports, the hoodlums boarded
the motorcycle, pretending to be passengers
and attacked the Okada rider on the street. A
resident said he heard a loud shout for help,
accompanied with heavy bangs on the gates of
some houses on the street but he was
reportedly overpowered by the ritualists.
The source said residents met the headless
body the following morning in a pool of
blood.They alerted the police, who removed
the body. The residents are said to be used to
sleep early after repeated robbery attacks on
the street.
Confirming the incident, the Divisional Police
Officer (DPO) in charge of Esan West Local
Government, Mr. A. A. Shaibu, said the matter
had been transferred to the command’s
headquarters in Benin, the state capital, for
further investigation.
According to a police source: “The younger
brother is being interrogated as the last
person that called the deceased’s mobile
phone before the killing”
head of a commercial motorcyclist at Ekpoma,
Esan West Local Government Area of Edo
State. The ritualist took away the victim’s
head after separating it from the body,
leaving the corpse in a pool of blood.
The incident was said to have occurred at
8pm on a lonely street adjacent to the
Ambrose Alli University College of Medicine,
The Nation reports.
According to reports, the hoodlums boarded
the motorcycle, pretending to be passengers
and attacked the Okada rider on the street. A
resident said he heard a loud shout for help,
accompanied with heavy bangs on the gates of
some houses on the street but he was
reportedly overpowered by the ritualists.
The source said residents met the headless
body the following morning in a pool of
blood.They alerted the police, who removed
the body. The residents are said to be used to
sleep early after repeated robbery attacks on
the street.
Confirming the incident, the Divisional Police
Officer (DPO) in charge of Esan West Local
Government, Mr. A. A. Shaibu, said the matter
had been transferred to the command’s
headquarters in Benin, the state capital, for
further investigation.
According to a police source: “The younger
brother is being interrogated as the last
person that called the deceased’s mobile
phone before the killing”
