- Her father, Aremu Akinsanya, a member of the So-Safe Corps, reported the kidnapping to the Kemta Police Station
The body of 16-year-old Habeebah Akinsanya was discovered on Sunday in Ogun State, just a day after her father paid a one million naira ransom to her kidnappers.
Habeebah, a student of Lisabi Grammar School, Abeokuta, was abducted on Friday in the Mile 6 area of Obafemi-Owode Local Government.
Her father, Aremu Akinsanya, a member of the So-Safe Corps, reported the kidnapping to the Kemta Police Station. The kidnappers later contacted him, demanding a ransom, which he paid through an Opay account. He was instructed to retrieve his daughter from a location near Obasa, but on arrival, he found her mutilated body, covered in soldier ants, with multiple machete wounds.
Shockingly, the kidnappers contacted Mr. Akinsanya again on Sunday, demanding a second ransom. Habeebah, who was set to begin her SS3 class this month, would have turned 17 in October. Police spokesperson Omolola Odutola confirmed that the case was initially reported as a missing person before the tragic discovery, and an investigation is ongoing.