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The Abia State Police Command said it had launched an investigation into the alleged discovery of 30 bodies of suspected ritual killings in Imo River in Oriendu community.

This is coming on the heels of the alarm by the traditional ruler of the community, HRH Eze Philip Ajomuiwe, that over 30 bodies had been dumped into the river between 2024 and February 2025.

Abia State Police Public Relations Officer, Maureen Chilaka, told Vanguard that the Divisional Police Officer in charge of Ohuhu Police Division, had commenced an investigation into the sad development.

She said the community shared a boundary with Imo State, adding that Police were collaborating with vigilantes in the area to unravel those behind the dastardly act.

The PPRO said that even though there had been no official complaint to the police about the ugly incident, the Command based on the inquiries by Vanguard, had initiated an investigation into the matter.

She vowed that those behind the heinous crime would not escape the long arm of the law.

Eze Ajomuiwe had while addressing newsmen in his palace at the weekend, revealed that over 30 bodies, mostly young ladies had been dumped into the river by suspected ritualists from Imo State.

He said that the bodies, usually naked and without private parts, were dumped into the river in the middle of the night by the killers as the community wakes to see them in the morning.

He said: “The bodies, like the recent one, are either completely naked and without their private parts or in a bag. There have also been cases of two decomposing bodies seen beside the NNPC pipeline.

“The victims are mostly young girls. The ritualists from Imo usually come at night to dump the bodies of their victims inside the Imo River, and in the morning we wake to see them”.

The monarch expressed worry that no arrest had been made by security agencies since the incident began, adding that his subjects now live in fear.

According to him, efforts by the community’s vigilante group to arrest the suspects had failed too, because the group is not as equipped as the suspects are said to be.

“So, we’re appealing to the state government to empower the vigilante group with the necessary logistics and the wherewithal to enable it to match the suspects,” he said.

He argued that nobody ever embarks on such a mission with empty hands especially when the enemy is fully armed with sophisticated weapons and is ready to fight back.

The monarch said that his complaints about the situation to security agents had been to no avail, noting that the latest was a letter to the Speaker of the State House of Assembly on February 7.

“ We have reported even to the DSS and they came here and held a meeting with us. We need the Government’s intervention to apprehend those behind this atrocity”.

JovialJune:
Most Nigerian men are evil, Lord have mercy

And the so called money they get from rituals is to show off and spend on women o

Such shamelessness smh

IamHonourable1:
Most Nigerian women are more evil than their male counterparts

DIVINEEVIDENCE:
As much as I support the preservation of our cultural heritage, I think the government at all levels needs to toe the line of Soludo in crushing the extreme aspects of the African Traditional Religion.

Human life is sacred and supreme and should come first before culture and tradition.

By the way, what stopped the community from mounting spies and security around the area since they already discovered a routine?

It would have been nicer if those ritualists were caught red-handed.

JovialJune:
Most Nigerian men are evil, Lord have mercy

And the so called money they get from rituals is to show off and spend on women o

Such shamelessness smh