A housewife identified as Mrs Roseline Joguntan, was reportedly gang-raped and killed by suspected Fulani herdsmen at Igbokoda in Ilaje council area of Ondo State.
According to newsmen, the victim, who is a fruit seller was said to have gone to the farm with one of her children to gather fruits for her business when the incident happened.
A source said that “after gathering the first basket of the fruits, she told her child to take it home. It was when the girl came back that she noticed that her mother was missing before she later found her dead in the bush.
It was alleged that the Fulani herdsmen who have dominated the community, gang-raped and murdered her.
A residents of the community who spoke to newsmen said immediately after the incident, some herdsmen were seen vacating the community.
Funmilayo Odunlami, the state police spokesperson, while confirming the incident said that it was the husband of the deceased who informed the police when he tried reaching his wife but could not.
Odunlami said the husband after all efforts to reach her seemed futile he decided to go to the farm to check on her, only to meet her lifeless body in a pool of blood.
She said that the killers would soon be exposed and brought to book.
Meanwhile, the Public Relations Officer of the Ilaje Security Council, Prince Emorioloye Owolemi, said “It is so sad that Igbokoda is witnessing the highest security threat. It has become daily killings. People live in fear and business activities have paralyzed.”
“Therefore, we are calling on the state government to please help in strengthening local vigilante in Igbokoda
Owolemi also called on the state Commissioner of Police and other security agencies to, as a matter of urgency, unravel the circumstances that led to the killing of the housewife and bring the perpetrators to the book.
He said ” We are determined to fight for justice on behalf of any of our citizens, and before things get out of hands in Igbokoda, all perpetrators need to face the full wrath of the law,” he stated.
Her body has been deposited at the state specialist hospital morgue for autopsy.
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