An 18-year-old woman, Habibat Akinsanya, who had been reported lacking, was found lifeless on her father’s farm in Obasa, Mile 6, alongside Ajebo Highway, in Abeokuta, the capital of Ogun State.
PUNCH On-line learnt on Monday that the sufferer was found lifeless on Sunday, bearing a number of machete wounds to her head and different components of her physique, along with her fingers sure behind her again.
Based on dependable police sources, the sufferer was sexually assaulted earlier than being murdered, as our correspondent was knowledgeable.
A police supply, who wished to stay nameless resulting from not having the authority to talk on behalf of the state command, knowledgeable our correspondent that the brutal homicide might be linked to a revenge assault on the household.
The supply refused to elaborate additional when our correspondent inquired if it was a cult-related reprisal.
In the meantime, PUNCH On-line learnt completely from the Ogun State Police Command that the incident is being investigated as a premeditated homicide.
The deceased’s father, Shamsuddeen, had beforehand reported his daughter lacking to the Kemta Police Division on August 31, 2024.
On August 30, 2024, Akinsanya reportedly left her father’s home to help her sister, who operates a Level of Sale enterprise within the Kemta space, the place she was allegedly approached by Onyeka.
Onyeka, who the police have recognized as a major suspect within the homicide and who usually labored for the daddy, allegedly informed the deceased that her mom wanted her on the farm to assist with the cassava harvest.
Our correspondent, nevertheless, learnt that the household grew suspicious of foul play when the deceased’s sister couldn’t discover her at both the store or house. This led the daddy to report the scenario to the Kemta Police Division.
The cop stated, “The daddy knowledgeable the police that Akinsanya had left the home to help at her sister’s at her Level of Sale store on Mile 6, Ajebo Highway. Nonetheless, when the sister arrived on the store, Akinsanya was not there and didn’t return house.
“This case doesn’t contain kidnapping, as not one of the typical parts are current. Whereas the precise motive behind the homicide stays unclear, rumours counsel it was premeditated. The sufferer was not forcibly kidnapped however was lured by the perpetrator underneath the pretence that her mom wanted her on the farm. As soon as there, the perpetrator restrained her, raped after which murdered her.
“The daddy reported receiving a telephone name from somebody demanding cash. The quantity was tracked, and the police searched the final recognized location of the quantity in Oke Egunya, Totoro, for hours. This search yielded no outcomes till a name was acquired indicating that the woman’s physique had been found on her father’s farm.
The command’s spokesperson, Omolola Odutola, knowledgeable our correspondent on Monday that an investigation had been initiated to uncover the circumstances surrounding the homicide, noting {that a} manhunt had commenced to find the fleeing suspect.
She acknowledged, “In instances of lacking individuals, the police usually ask the complainant to attend 24 to 48 hours earlier than submitting a report, as some people return house inside that timeframe. This can be a customary process adopted by regulation enforcement.
“A manhunt has been launched to help within the apprehension of Onyeka, who’s presently at giant. Our officers have additionally initiated a discreet investigation into the matter.”