- It’s gathered that Habeebah was raped before she was hacked to death with a machete on Sunday on her father’s farm
One Habeebah Akinsanya has been brutally murdered by her alleged abductor in Abeokuta, Ogun State capital.
The 17-year-old SS3 student of Lisabi Grammar School was said to have have been kidnapped in the Kemta area of Abeokuta.
The police in the state confirmed the killing of the deceased on Monday.
The deceased was said to have been reported missing by her father, Akinsanya Aremu, a So Safe Corps, to the Kemta Police Division at about 9:30pm on Friday.
It’s gathered that Habeebah was raped before she was hacked to death with a machete on Sunday on her father’s farm around Mile 6, a community that is a few metres away from Ogun State Television, Abeokuta.
The Divisional Police Officer of Kemta Division, Abeokuta, Olawale Famobuwa, who confirmed the incident on Monday, said the division had begun investigation.
Famobuwa said “The father of the deceased reported to the police station on Friday at about 9:30pm that her daughter, Habeebah who was helping her sister with the Point of Sale business had not been found.
“We actually did the tracking somewhere in the Oke Egunya community, which is under Ibara Division, Abeokuta. We were there till 1am early Sunday morning until we went to rest a bit before continuing with the tracking.
“ We were there till 1am early Sunday morning until we went to rest a bit before continuing with the tracking.
“We were later informed on Sunday that the corpse of the young girl had been found at his father’s farm in Mile 6 and when we got there we discovered that the girl was raped before she was killed”.
He clarified that a sum of N30,000 was paid to her kidnappers as ransom not N1m as widely reported.
“So what was paid was N30,000 and not N1m, I have the receipt and this is to help facilitate the tracking of those behind the criminal act.
Famobuwa added that a local citizen was said to have reported seeing a farm worker simply identified as Onyeka who worked for the victim’s father go into the bush with the deceased.
He stated that Onyeka who is a prime suspect is alleged to have taken to his heel, assuring the police everything possible under the law to hold all of the individuals responsible for the criminal activities accountable.