Three young men have been reportedly killed by yet-to-be identified assailants suspected to be ritualists in Ibadan, the Oyo State capital.
The incident happened in the early hours on Monday, December 26, 2022, around Office Bus Stop, after World Oil petrol station on new Ibadan/Oyo Expressway in Akinyele Local Government area of the state.
According to Punch, one of the victim was reportedly beheaded while vital parts were also removed from the remaining two bodies.
“I saw the lifeless body of these people in the morning when I was carrying passengers from Ojoo to Toose today. The case looks like ritual because one of them was beheaded,” a commercial driver, Abdulfatai AbdulGaniyu said.
Another source said, “Passengers who are looking for cheap prices, cheap buses are normally staying at that bus stop to board their vehicles to either Oyo, Ogbomoso, Ilorin and even Jebba.
“They cannot afford the fare at the terminal, that’s why they stay there. But this particular case is quite different because some of their vital organs were removed.”