A 36-year-old man identified as Augustine Daniel has mysteriously died while allegedly performing rituals.
This Day reports that the incident happened on Sunday, August 16, in Akure South local government area of Ondo state.
Neighbours and the wife of the deceased found him in his sitting room with a bottle of Seaman Schnapps, a bottle of Jik bleach, a knife and two dead hens.
The remains of the deceased were reportedly taken to the State Specialist Hospital Akure for further examination.
According to reports, the suspected ritualist, who was said to be an auxiliary nurse, locked himself inside his sitting room during the ritual activity.
Neighbours confessed that they had suspected the activities of the deceased for more than a month. A source in the compound even alleged that the deceased turned his house into a mini-hospital where he used to carry out abortions for young girls.
Meanwhile, Wole Ogodo, the public relations officer of the state police command, confirmed the incident and added that the matter had been transferred to the state criminal investigation department.
Ogodo revealed that it was the wife of the alleged ritualist who came to the station to report the incident.
“One Folake Augustine came to the station to report that at about 8 am that she left for church leaving her husband named Augustine Godwin, 36 years, at home. When she returned at about 3:30pm, she discovered that the living room was locked, when the door was forced open, he was found dead on the chair, naked,” he said.
Earlier this month, Abdulmajid Ali, Ogun state’s commissioner of police, ordered ritualists to be shot on sight due to a rise in cases of ritual killings in the state.
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