Mutilated Body Of Missing 3- year- old Girl Found In Ilorin

Residents of Ile Onigboro , Ita Elefun , Ita
Ogunbo , Ilorin West Local Government Area of
Kwara State were yesterday thrown into deep
mourning at the gory sight of the mutilated
body of a 3 -year -old girl killed by suspected
ritualists.

The bereaved family had earlier lost the
immediate younger brother of the deceased to
a strange illness about 10 months ago , making
the death more pathetic .
The severed head of the victim was spotted
at a refuse dump covered with a polythene
bag while the remains of her badly mutilated
body were deposited at a newly constructed
soak -away pit , with most of her body parts
and organs missing .
Also , a red piece of cloth with a syringe
carefully wrapped inside was found close to
the severed head , lending credence to the
assumption that her abductors drugged her
before carrying out the dastardly act .
Sympathisers were seen at the scene raining
curses on the callous and heartless killers who
had committed such heinous crime.
Mother of the deceased , Aminat Usman, while
narrating the unfortunate event which
happened on Tuesday wept profusely,
describing the death as a rude shock , adding
that the family had lost the immediate
younger brother of Aliya, AbdulSamad to a
strange illness about 10 months ago.
Amina said on that fateful day, when she woke
up, she had hurriedly boiled rice for the family
as Aliya didn’ t eat dinner the previous day,
adding that after she had eaten, she plaited
her hair , after which she was dressed in one
of her beautiful clothes .
“ However , I never knew that I was preparing
her for the final journey home , ” she added .
The deceased ’ s mother, a petty trader at
Adabata, who relocated to Ilorin with her
husband on the prompting of their parents to
fully care for the children, said she became
suspicious when the father , Tajudeen Usman ,
a driver, who plies the Ilorin - Lagos route at
Sawmill garage enquired after the deceased at
12p. m. on the said day.
“ I told him that she should be with the other
children at her grand -father’ s place. When I
didn’ t see her at the time I expected, I
became very suspicious because this was very
unusual of her .
“ But after frantic search for her yielded no
fruit up till about 7p. m . , I became very
apprehensive. At that moment , I felt cold. It
was the shout from the search team later the
next morning , at 6 a. m . that threw the
neighbourhood into agony. ”
Reports say investigations have been
commenced by the police who vowed to try
their best to fish out the culprits.