Pregnant Woman Beaten to Death for Owing Co-Trader in Oyo, Nigeria

A textile trader in Gbagi Market, Ibadan, Oyo State, Kudirat Oduola, has been beaten to death by thugs allegedly sent by a co-trader who lent her N2m.

Our correspondent learnt that the deceased, who was three months pregnant, had approached one Oriekun to assist her with the money to buy textile materials.

The deceased’s brother, Abdulahi Asimolowo, said Oduola paid the N2m debt five months after it was borrowed, adding that Oriekun, however, insisted that she would collect N400,000 as interest for five months.

Graphic Photo: 30 Dead after Speediing Trailer Conveying Them Tumbled

No fewer than 30 male passengers died in the Adeosun area of the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway on Sunday after a trailer conveying them tumbled down the road.

Over 50 other people sustained varying degrees of injuries in the crash, while two rams were killed.

The accident occurred on the portion of the expressway which had been recently reconstructed.

Punch's correspondents counted 25 corpses at the scene of the accident. Eyewitnesses said about five corpses had been taken to a mortuary.

Other victims of the accident, which occurred around 7am, were not removed until past 9am.

Ibadan horror: Victim Recounts Ordeal in Forest

One of the victims that were rescued by the police at Soka forest, Ibadan, Oyo State, which is believed to be a ritual killers’ den, said she was kidnapped in September 2013.

The victim, whose name is being withheld for security purpose, is currently recuperating with seven other victims in Adeoyo Hospital, Ibadan.

No fewer than 20 decomposing bodies were discovered in the forest on Saturday, while about 23 others were rescued alive.

They were taken to different hospitals in the city, with eight of them – four men and four women – in Adeoyo Hospital.

The woman, who was still weak from her experience, told PUNCH Metro that she knew she left her home in September and since then could not remember anything until Saturday when she was rescued.

Abandoned Ritual Factory, 20 Decomposing bodies Found In Ibadan Forest, Nigeria

A report by The Nation reveals that the police has discovered an abandoned ritual factory in an Ibadan forest seem to be validating their claims. See the report below:

No fewer than 20 decomposed bodies were yesterday discovered in what is believed to be a ritualists’ den at Soka forest in the Oluyole Local Government Area of Oyo State.

Twenty-three other people -18 men and five women including one who had just been delivered of a baby – apparently on the captors’ ‘death row’ were rescued from the bush.

Each of them looked dishevelled having been chained together for many days and denied food and any form of comfort. Nine of them lay on the ground, too weak to stand on their feet or talk. Human skulls and other parts littered the bush.

Torrential Rains Create Havoc in Benin, Ibadan

Several major roads and streets of Benin City, capital of Edo state in southern Nigeria were Monday flooded following a heavy down pour that lasted for over fifteen hours.

Homes were also flooded and scores of cars that attempted to wade through the water-logged roads were abandoned.

The rain which started at about 2 am and continued till about 6pm when this report was filed, paralysed all forms of business activities in some areas in the city, forcing many people to stayed indoors.

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