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Tension in Delta community over beheaded lady
By Okungbowa Aiwerie, Asaba
There is tension in Ozoro, Isoko North Local Government Area of Delta State following the discovery of the decomposing corpse of a young lady beheaded by suspected ritualists.
The incident has thrown residents into panic as residents with students still in shock over the development.
It was gathered the young lady had been declared missing before her corpse was found on Sunday.
In January 2018, a female student of the Polytechnic simply identified as Happiness was also reportedly killed in a similar manner with her private and other vital body parts removed.
A source told The Nation the corpse was found Sunday afternoon in an uncompleted building in the community.
It is unclear if the deceased was a student of the polytechnic but it was learnt that the young lady hailed from the community.
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It was learnt the deceased, in her early twenties, left her home on Friday afternoon and was not seen by family members thereafter.
Sources believed the female victim might have been killed for ritual purposes.
Acting Delta State Police Public Relations Officer, DSP Edafe Bright, confirmed the incident.
His words: “It is confirmed. The police are doing their best to see if those people (suspects) can be arrested.
“The corpse of a lady was found with her head chopped off and her blood, drained. They (suspects) went with her head and the blood”.
