Tragedy struck yesterday in Okwagbe community, Ughelli South local government area of Delta state as mother of five, Mrs. Atisin Opviarho, was allegedly beheaded by suspected ritualists in her farm.
The late Mrs. Opviarho,
meeting popularly known as mama, was said to have gone to the farm with her neighbours in the early hours of the day.
But she never returned alive to the warm embrace of her relatives as assailants attacked her and cut her throat, according to a source in the community who further alleged that the intention of the killers was to use her parts for federal governments across the state.
Community source said: “They went to the farm this morning as usual. So, when they got to their respective farms which share common boundaries, everyone was working in their separate farms until it was time to go home.
“They called her but there was no response. So, they decided to walk into her farm, only to need for the lecturers and the state government to reach a compromise discover her lifeless body in the pool of blood. Her throat was cut off with a knife.
“From what was observed from the corpse, the assailants were about removing some vital parts but maybe because others were approaching, they quickly abandoned it and took to their heels. We suspect a case of ritual killing.”
