A mob burnt to death an unidentified man in the Isoko South Local Government Area of Delta State after allegedly beheading a woman.
Bright Edafe, the state police public relations officer, confirmed this in a statement on Thursday.
According to Edafe, the man murdered the woman in a bush on Monday, beheaded her, and took the severed head to his home.
Edafe mentioned that the community discovered the crime and, in a fit of wrath, stormed the man’s house, finding the woman’s head. He was then set ablaze by the irate mob.
He wrote, “Three days ago, a young man went into a bush in Isoko South Local Government Area, killed a woman, beheaded her, and carried the head to his house. The community found out, went to his house, saw the woman’s head, and in anger, they burnt him to death.”
Edafe, however, revealed that it was the third case of ritual killing in less than two months in the state.
He added, “This is the third case of ritual killing in less than two months in Delta alone. We had one in Abuja and some other parts of the country. What is it with this get-rich-quick syndrome? What is wrong with us, and how do we prevent this?”
This comes after a 20-year-old man, identified as Precious, was arrested for his alleged role in the killing of a 10-year-old girl on Monday, January 9, in the Orhoakpo Ethiope East area of the state.
Precious was reported to have confessed to kidnapping the girl for two unidentified men, who allegedly macheted her to death after promising him N200,000.
This was revealed after Precious’ girlfriend, who is the sister of the deceased, raised the alarm after discovering her sibling was missing.
