The life of a 17-year-old, 300 level student of
Biochemistry student of Bowen University, Opeyemi Odusanya, has been cut short
by some cult members in Lagos. It was gathered that the undergraduate was
murdered for allegedly rejecting sexual advances from some youths in the area
and also for “being too proud.”
Police authorities told Punch that Opeyemi was
stabbed to death by the cultists at her parents’ house in the Alakuko area of
Lagos on February 3, 2014.
A police officer, who wished to remain anonymous,
said, “In the afternoon of February 3, 2014, the deceased went to buy airtime
for her telephone. As she was returning, a group of cult members trailed and
entered the house with her.
“Opeyemi was alone at home when the guys entered.
They instructed her to turn on the generator so that if she screamed, no one
would hear.
“We believe that they wanted to rape the girl,
but she must have put up a fierce struggle as the whole house was scattered.
“The guys subsequently stabbed her in the stomach
several times and ripped out her intestines.
“After killing her, they took her phone and the
keys to her parents’ vehicle, a jeep, which was on the table. They stole the
jeep, which was parked in the compound, after killing the girl.”
Sources mentioned that after the guys had fled,
they used Opeyemi’s telephone line to send a text message to her mother,
explaining why they killed the 17-year-old.
The text message, which was typed in English and
Yoruba languages, and made available to our correspondent, read, “Your child
has been proud. We have been toasting her, but she has refused to
accept. We have killed her to teach a lesson. We have also driven your car
away.
“If you want your car back, come to Lakas Hotel
or Cele Bus Stop around Mile 2 to pick it up. If we see policemen around, we
will kill everybody.”
Residents of the area said that the victim’s
mother, Olayinka, had a panic attack after reading the message and quickly
informed those that were with her.
However, a phone call from the family’s housemaid
was said to have confirmed Olayinka’s fears that the text message was not a
bluff.
It was learnt that she returned to the house to
meet the lifeless body of her child.
“By all indications,
the girl was not raped because her clothes were intact. The knife used in
killing her has been recovered,” the policeman said.
It was gathered that the parents of the girl had
relocated to the Redemption Camp on the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway.
When contacted on the telephone, Police Public
Relations Officer, DSP Ngozi Braide, said, “I have called the Divisional Police
Officer at the Alakuko Police Division and he said he was not aware of the
incident.”
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