A teenager, identified as Habibat Akinsanya, who was reported missing, has been discovered dead on her father’s farm in Obasa, Mile 6, along Ajebo Road, in Abeokuta, the capital of Ogun State.
It was also learnt that the deceased was sexually assaulted before being gruesomely slaughtered.
The victim, a 17- year old secondary school girl was found dead on Sunday, with varying machete wounds on her head and other parts of her body, with her hands bound behind her back.
The Deceased father, Akinsanya Aremu, a senior officer with So Safe Corps, a government-owned security firm, had earlier reported to Kemta Police Station in the community that her daughter had been kidnapped while assiting her sister at a Point of Sale (POS) stand.
Punch reported that a police officer who wished to remain anonymous due to not having the authority to speak on behalf of the state command, said the murder could be linked to a revenge on the family.
The cop said, “The father informed the police that Akinsanya had left the house to assist at her sister’s at her Point of Sale shop on Mile 6, Ajebo Road. However, when the sister arrived at the shop, Akinsanya was not there and did not return home.
“This case does not involve kidnapping, as none of the typical elements are present. While the exact motive behind the murder remains unclear, rumours suggest it was premeditated. The victim was not forcibly abducted but was lured by the perpetrator under the pretence that her mother needed her at the farm. Once there, the perpetrator restrained her, raped and then murdered her.
“The father reported receiving a phone call from someone demanding money. The number was tracked, and the police searched the last known location of the number in Oke Egunya, Totoro, for hours. This search yielded no results until a call was received indicating that the girl’s body had been discovered on her father’s farm.
Habibat Akinsanya on August 30, 2024 reportedly left her father’s house to assist her sister, who operates a POS business in the Kemta area, where she was allegedly approached by Onyeka.
Meanwhile, the police have identified one Onyeka as a primary suspect in the murder. It was learnt that Onyeka who worked for the father, purportedly told the deceased that her mother needed her at the farm to help with the cassava harvest.
When the victim could not be found at the POS shop or anywhere around the house, the family became suspicious which resulted to reporting the case at the community Police station.
The command’s spokesperson, Omolola Odutola, on Monday told Journalists that the police force has commenced investigations to uncover the circumstances surrounding the murder, adding that a search had begun to locate the fleeing suspect.The State Police has however embarked on series of investigations, pegging the case a premeditated murder.
