Suspected ritualists have reportedly abducted a 13-day-old baby at
Uro-Ajowa in the Akoko North-West Local Government Area of Ondo State.
The incident occurred in the early hours of Thursday while the mother of the baby, Mrs Oluwaseun Olomodi, was still sleeping.
A
source stated that two suspected ritualists sneaked into the room where
the newborn baby and the mother were sleeping and took the baby away.
The source said the hoodlums might have kidnapped the baby for ritual purposes.
The
source said, “It happened around 1am on Thursday. The hoodlums gained
entry into the house through the kitchen. After the hoodlums had
abducted the baby, an elderly woman, who woke up at that time and
attempted to rescue the baby, was cut with a machete by the hoodlums.
“The
elderly woman’s scream woke up the neighbours and the victim’s mother,
but the kidnappers had left. Immediately, the community members started
combing the bushes but their efforts have not yielded any fruit up until
now.”
When contacted, the Public Relations Officer for the
Ondo State Police Command, Mr Femi Joseph, said the police had begun
investigation into the matter.
“We have launched a manhunt for
the hoodlums and I am very sure that they will soon be arrested. We have
also begun investigation into the matter,” Joseph stated.
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