helinues:


[s]Funnily, you must have smiled before typing this.

The last time I went to my village, I was surprised to see Igbo people cos back then, we only have Benues, Hausa's.

Your region is not conducive for your people, they are almost in every nook and cranny in SW to seek greener pastures and better life.

And that's the acclaimed ritualists region... [/s]

The lies that an average Yoruba tell theirselves..

What will an average Igbo business man be doing in the remote and underdeveloped places like oshun, ekiti etc when the people over there are too poor to patronize his business. The only business happening in those places are human organ parts selling abs and buying which is dominated by yoruba Muslims..

helinues:
[s]

Let me ask you, do you think your people would still be flocking to SW daily if that's how the ritualists case are rampant in SW.

Abi you never thought about that?[/s]

Igbos are going to lagos not to ritual infected states like ekiti,osun, ibadam,ondo etc..

In recent times, reported cases of ritual killings have surged in many parts of the country. Law enforcement agencies have arrested many suspects of ritual killings — with gory pictures of human skulls and dismembered bodies.

Aside from the arrest and parade of suspected ritualists by the police, the Nigerian social media space has become a place where users mobilise members of the public to help find missing friends, colleagues, and family members.

As a result of this trend of missing persons, Enough is Enough (EiE), a civil society organisation, created a website alongside social media platforms to document cases of missing persons.

“Nigerians are reported missing daily. But most often, there are no records of these missing people, it is our mandate to document these records and make it easy to find those who are lost and missing,” an excerpt on the website’s front page says.

In most cases, some of these persons declared missing are found but many remain missing — with the hope of getting found by their families and friends dimming every passing day.

The trend of missing persons and the police’ arrest of suspected ritual killers suggest that many of those declared missing may have been victims of ritual killers.

Although reported cases of ritual killings show that the incident happens in all regions of the country — media reports suggest that the south-west accounts for a large percent of the killings.

TheCable analysed some of the media reports published in the past few years on ritual killings in the south-west region of the country.

On March 24, 2014, the nation was thrown into a moment of confusion when a kidnappers’ den was discovered in Soka community, Ibadan, Oyo state.

The den was discovered by some commercial motorcyclists, popularly known as ”okada”, who were searching for two of their colleagues after they took two passengers to the community without returning.

After the den was busted, human skulls, dried human parts alongside malnourished victims which were reserved for ritual purposes, were discovered.

Personal items like bags, shoes, and identity cards which appeared to be victims’ belongings were also seen at the den.

Since the 2014 shocking discovery at Soka, there have been multiple revelations of suspected ritual killings, especially in the south-west of the country.

On May 6, 2015, the decomposing body of Precious Kessington Omorodion, a 23-year-old, was recovered in a kidnappers’ den at Ota, Ogun state after 18 days of disappearance.

The police also rescued a 28-year-old woman found in the uncompleted building.

In 2016, the Ogun police discovered a ritualists’ den located within an abandoned filling station at Iyana-Ilogbo axis of Sango-Ota of Ogun state, following a tip-off from a member of the community.

The police arrested two suspected ritualists in connection with the activities carried out in the den.

On August 30, 2017, two people were killed by a mob in the Mushin area of Lagos state over alleged involvement in kidnappings and ritual killings.

The incident was said to have happened at Challenge bus stop, Mushin, after a vulcaniser sighted a suspected mad man discussing with someone in a tunnel at the bus stop.

On October 7, 2017, the Ogun police arrested six members of a syndicate allegedly involved in killing people for ritual purposes at different locations across the state.

The police said two members of the syndicate were caught with a bag containing fresh and dried human parts.

On August 20, 2018, the Lagos police arrested Taiwo Akinola,a suspected cult member, for allegedly attempting to kill Alice Akinola, his mother, for money rituals.

It was reported that the assailant attacked his mother by hitting a plank on her head at their residence at Raji Ajanaku street, Alaja road, Ayobo axis of Lagos after he had sent his nephew to go and buy a white handkerchief and a pack of cigarette.

On November 27, 2018, two brothers identified as Saheed Obadimeji and Ayodeji Obadimeji were said to have beheaded a teenage boy at an uncompleted building in Sapati town, Ibeju-Lekki, Lagos.

It was reported that the suspects cut off the boy’s head for the purpose of selling it for N200,000.

The suspects have been remanded in prison.

On January 18, 2019, the Ekiti police busted a ritualists’ den in Odo, Ado Ekiti, and arrested two suspected ritualists, after a tip-off from members of the community on suspicion of ritual activities in the area.

On June 20, 2019, Dotun Ogunlade, a prophet popularly called ‘Arole Jesu’, was arrested in Igboora area of Oyo state for the alleged murder of Bosede Ogunlade, a 25-year-old housewife for ritual purposes.

The prophet was said to have lured Bosede, who hailed from Ilorin in Kwara state, with the promise of providing solution to her economic and marital problems.

On October 5, 2019, the Ogun police arrested two men, Emmanuel Aro, aged 25, and Anu Olofinju, aged 25, with a human skull along Ijoun road, Eggua axis of the state.

The two suspects were said to have been sighted at a cemetery, digging the grave of the mother of one Amoo Bankole.

In June 2020, residents of Akinyele LGA in Oyo state were thrown into panic over the series of rape and murders that occurred in the area.

Within one month, three young ladies — Grace Oshiagwu, Barakat Bello, and Azeezat Somuyiwa — were murdered in their residences located in Akinyele LGA in a pattern that suggested ritual killing.

On the Akinyele killings, the police arrested one Sunday Shodipe, a 19-year-old suspect, who confessed that he received food and N500 for each of the six persons murdered in the area.

He said he was sent on the mission by a 50-year-old herbalist, whom he claimed was his master.

“Anytime I’m to go for the killing, baba (referring to the herbalist) will give me some charms and also teach me some incantation to be recited so that nobody will see me at the scene of the crime,” he said.

On August 14, 2020, the Ondo police arrested one Festus Adebayo, a 65-year-old pastor alongside Gbemisola Olufusi for alleged involvement in ritual activities.

The duo was accused was accused of using the menstrual pad of one Oluwasemilore Iluyomade, a 20-year-old girlfriend of Olufusi for ritual purposes.

On 29 October 2020, Rotimi Olukoju, a guard with a microfinance bank was reportedly killed by suspected ritualists and his head cut off at Okia area of Oka-Akoko, Ondo state.

The deceased met the suspected ritualists on his way to the farm.

On December 7, 2020, Osun police uncovered a ritualist den allegedly operated by two siblings identified as Monsuru Tajudeen and Lawal Tajudeen, located around Yemoja area in Iwo, Osun state.

The suspects were arrested after a phone belonging to a missing person was tracked to one of the suspects. Corpses were also discovered in the suspects’ house — a development that made angry youths in the area raze the building.

On January 17, 2021, an elderly man, who according to residents, usually acts like a mentally unstable person, was arrested by the police for alleged kidnapping and ritual activities in Ado-Ekiti, Ekiti state.

The police discovered some items belonging to his victims like cheque books, wigs, and ATM cards in an abandoned uncompleted building adjacent to the Ekiti State Teaching Hospital, where the suspect lived.

On April 12, 2021, a woman — identified as Iya Elekuru — was murdered in a building by suspected ritualists in Ile-Ife, Osun state. Her killers were said to have lured her into the building under the pretence they went to buy food from her.

When her corpse was discovered, the head and hands had been cut off.

RIGHT TO LIFE

Every Nigerian citizen is entitled to the right to life as enshrined in section 33 of the 1999 constitution (as amended). The right to life can only be denied if such a person is sentenced by the court when found guilty of a criminal offence.

Those who engage in ritual killings risk heavy punishment when convicted by the court as states have legal provisions to punish ritual killers and kidnappers.

Despite the legal provisions against ritual killings and other related capital offences, ritual killings still persist.

SlyDev:
[s]When you associate with Yoruba and learn the master plan from Asiwaju. That is the secret[/s]

Is that why States like osun, ekiti,ogun etc are deadbeats states.. can't remember the last time any of them commissioned any meaningful projects there while states like ebonyi, Anambra even Enugu are building new infrastructures everyday

SlyDev:
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The money from Lagos is what is feeding your people, when will Abia and Imo pay their 34 month salary? Shey them want kill them with hunger?[/s]

Thrash!!! The money from Nigeria and Nigerians is what is sustaining Lagos.. Lagos is what is it today courtesy of Nigeria..once this country divides and everyone goes back home,it will turn back to another ibadam.

FreeStuffsNG:

Don't bother your head, Lagos and Kano will show the way again.

Okay..

Gazzy88:
[s]Is SE expecting presidency before? None of the major political blocs will take that risks to zone their ticket to southeast. They aren't ripe for that yet. Let them continue their wailing and insults while others make decisions for them.[/s]


Merry Xmas

SW have been wailing since, they had to form alliance with north to wrestle power from the north thinking that it will get to them in 2023..

They have been the one shouting Southern unity up and down, threatening the north and insisting on zoning it to the south .

They think that they are smarter than the rest of Nigerians expecting to ride on Southern unity and use zoning to get to the seat .

They think that other southerners are fool for that.. prepare to start demanding for your oduduwa skull mining republic in 2023 when it goes back to the north

FreeStuffsNG:
[s]
The voting bloc in Nigeria is SW and North [/s]

And they couldn't make their son president..it took the intervention if other Nigerians to being their son and make him the president...
2023 is not far again and I pray all of us will be alive to withness it

chrisxxx:
Bros it is easier for Buhari to get third term and winning in Imo State than South West getting the presidency. Quote me anywhere.
South West needs the other components of the south to win. You can't lose South South and South East and become the president when you are from the South.
Do the combined. Someone from North East comes out against South West. The contender wins North East and South East and South. The person from South West win South West then share votes with the North East person in North West and North Central. No be game over is that?

Apt!! I keep asking yoruba,who will vote for them in 2023.. from the way things are going, pdp might give Atiku the ticket and he will pick his vice from either SS or SE.. can't wait for 2023 to reach

God1000:
Everybody is talking about the prospect of tinubu or Osinbajo becoming the next of Nigeria, both men are from south west.
What about south east, the most marginalized region in Nigeria, do you think northern Nigeria will support any candidate from south east considering the animosity between them?

Our fingers are crossed for now, I'm still waiting to see where PDP will zone their ticket to, as for APC we don't need a soothsayer to tell us at this point.

Yes, the next president of oduduwa republic will surely come from there

GboyegaD:
Some fear needle pricking. I used to be like this at some point growing up but now, I am up for the needle.

I never feared needle for one day.. infact,I prefer needle to taking tablets..

Babara1994:

The small breasts wey she get still big pass ur bank account o.

How did you arrive at that conclusion, are you my account Manager or her own account manager ??

BornRicch:
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I'm guessing you're an Igbo clown pretending to be a Yoruba man. Let say Edo girls are prostitute. Can you help me with this math, the ratio of Igbo and Yoruba girls into prostitution with edo girls. If there's 1 Edo prostitute there are 5 Igbo's and 3 Yoruba girls. Sentiment aside let be truthful with ourselves. Insults does nothing to me but sometimes I believe most of you people only come online to vent your anger because of your miserable life[/s].

For a minority tribe to be known for prostitution that should tell you that almost all their girls are prostitutes..

Atiku is all we know in 2023

gidgiddy:
[s]

IPOB might even be stronger in Anambra than it is in Imo. But what is happening in Imo is no where near what is happening in Anambra, in fact, since elections ended in Anambra, theres hardly been any incident there. But Imo is in the news all the time

Why do you think Obiano never invited the military into Anambra? He knew it would take things worse. He knew that the Nigerian Army is unprofessional and would go about killing people and destroying property as they have done in Imo, since nobody has IPOB written on their forehead. Obiano knows that the only time that you call in the military is when there is total breakdown of law and order and the Police are overwhelmed. This was not the case in either Anambra or Imo, many states in the North have more insecurity than Imo but their Governors are calling for the Army.

Wike used the violence of ENDSARS to kill his people for no reason. He called in the military and killed hundreds of Obigbo residents, all for what? You think the military has anyway of knowing who is IPOB? Abia, Enugu, and Ebonyi had the the same level of ENDSARS violence and nobody called in Army. Yet they are safer than Rivers state. Wike only used ENDSARS violence to go after IPOB because of his hatred of Igbos

Izombe burnt, Orlu burnt, Awo Mmamma burnt, because a useless Governor Uzodimma is in power[/s]

You not more Igbo than me and we all the truth about the ipob and insecurity in east especially in imo communities and some part of Anambra communities.

We all know that IPoB was settled during the last election in Anambra for the election to hold.

Ipob have now turned into business venture by MNK and his croonies, they are using ipob to ferment trouble in east and are cashing out from it ..

i thought ESN have chased out all the fulani herdsmen out of igboland. They left what they said they stand for and are busy killing security men and igbos who disagrees with them.

see IPOB reasoning reasoning.. He shouldn't invite military and allow ipob terrorists to overrun his state and make it unbearable for him and law abiding citizens. if not for what wike did in obigbo, ipob would have overran the state with killings and insecurity.

the reason while ipob activities seems to be calm and less in other states in east like Enugu and Ebonyi is cause ipob don't have much support base like they have in imo and anambra. orlu and ihiala seems to be their base of recent.

Another thing was that their training camps in enugu was discovered around that Agwu axis and some of them killed, i think the same thing happened in ebonyi too. that's why attacks in this two state appeared to be less compared to other three states especially imo and anambra.

Another thing in imo case is that some aggrieved politicians in imo are also sponsoring this insecurity created by ipob in imo... uzodinma have no hands in imo insecurity, no governor in his first term will destabilize his state especially the one that won the seat using court ruling.. IPOB are one creating the insecurity together with aggrieved politicians just to make imo ungovernable for the new government.

Beejayy20:
[s]
ode Ibadan is third most populous city in Nigeria after Lagos and kano
so is it desert unlike yeast with no economy activities going on there[/s]

You mean third most populated slum filled with Brown roofs and human ritaulists..

porthouse7:
[s]if only I have a state in ur region as developed as lagos u will be contented. just go home and develop ur region, deal with it in ur brain lagos is south west lagos is yoruba land.... no be anybody fault[/s]

Atleast the remaining states in the whole of afonja land are cesspits.. the reason all of you have to claim Lagosians.No afonja is from other SW states apart from Lagos. Most SE states are far developed and looks more than any afonja state.

You need to leave Lagos and go back to your state and develop it.. make it look modern and try change all those brown roofs defacing everywhere in your state.. Lagos is not your state and it wasn't developed by yorubas but by Nigerians with our oyel money..