Armed criminals who abducted a female realtor, identified simply as Esther, in Ibusa, Oshimili North Local Government Area of Delta State have reportedly killed her.
The victim was abducted on Monday, March 24, 2025, near the Admiralty University of Nigeria.
The Punch reported that Esther and three colleagues were at the location to inspect a piece of land when the bandits struck.
“They went for inspection, and they were on their way back when they were ambushed. The gunmen shot at the vehicle, and the others escaped while the girl was whisked away by the gunmen,” a source said.
One of Esther’s colleagues who escaped sustained gunshot wounds and is currently in critical condition at a hospital.
The spokesman of the Delta State Police Command, SP Bright Edafe, said officers sent to rescue the victim were ambushed, and one policeman was shot.
He said nobody died in the failed rescue operation. He also was unaware of Esther’s death.
However, a Delta activist, Comrade Victor Ojie, also known as Wong Box, took to Facebook on Tuesday, March 25 to announce that the body of Esther had been reclaimed.
He wrote, “ESTHER IS D3AD. HER LIFELESS BODY HAS BEEN RECOVERED AND HOPEFULLY WILL BE DEPOSITED AT THE MORTUARY. MAY GOD CONSOLE THE FAMILY SHE LEFT BEHIND. SHE WAS A GRADUATE AND SHE HAD FINISHED HER NYSC”.