A yet-to-be-identified lady was found dead and dumped in a drainage along OGTV Road in Abeokuta, the Ogun State capital, with her private parts mutilated.
PUNCH Metro learnt on Thursday from a source in the area, who did not want to be mentioned in print because of the nature of the incident, that residents woke up on Tuesday to the gory sight and alerted the police.
The source disclosed that details of how she was dropped there could not be ascertained, but upon closer examination, they realised that her private part had been cut off.
The source said, “A lady was found lifeless on Tuesday in a gutter along OGTV Road, Abeokuta. She was suspected to have been used for a ritual; her private part was missing.
“The police came around and took her body to the State Hospital Morgue in Ijaiye.”
When contacted for a reaction on Thursday, the Ogun State Police Public Relations Officer, Omolola Odutola, promised to get back to our correspondent, but she had yet to do so as of the time of filing this report.
Meanwhile, a senior security officer in the area who was privy to the incident told our correspondent that the deceased was a commercial sex worker.
