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A 17-year old Senior Secondary School (SSS) 2 student, Ruth Alabi
has narrowly escaped death after her lover boyfriend lured her to the
herbalist residence at Olodo area of Ibadan to be used for money rituals
before she was rescued by vigilante men .
It was gathered that Ruth Alabi an SS2 student at an undisclosed
school in Abuja said she came to spend the Easter holiday with her
mother in Ibadan when the incident occurred.
Her boy friend, Chubuike Omigbo, 33 who used to sell building
materials at the Iwo Road area of Ibadan was arrested and paraded
alongside the herbalist, Oladimeji Babatunde Ajala, 37 by the state
police Command on Friday.
Giving details while speaking to newsmen, the state Commissioner of
Police (CP), Mr Leye Oyebade told journalists that the suspects had
planned to use the girl for money making ritual before the evil planned
was thwarted by the police.
The CP noted that the suspects were arrested following a tip-off by
a strategic partner when the duo were planning to use the girl for
money ritual.
He said ”the victim’s boyfriend, Chibuike, had lured her to the
herbalist’s residence at No5, Galilee street, Olodo area of the state
for the purpose of the ritual.
“Luck, however ran out on them when their evil plan was
uncovered through their conversation which was overheard by an
eavesdropper. The suspects confessed to being fraudsters and that they
had defrauded many innocent victims in the past,” the CP said.
The police also recovered a black Nissan Altima with registration
No. APP 627 CA, which the police said was bought with the proceeds from
illegal business.
Other items recovered from the suspects were some criminal charms,
one statute in the image of Jesus, two other statutes and broken bottles
spread on a mat.
Answering questions from newsmen, the victim, Ruth Alabi who was
accompanied by her mother said she had been going out with her boyfriend
in the past four months until the incident occurred.
According to her, they usually meet in front of Tantalizer before they proceed to hotel where they have fun.
“But the day this incident happened, Easter day, my boyfriend
came with two of his friends and he asked me to enter a vehicle which
they brought and they took me to a hotel where I was asked what will I
drink. I told him that I will take malt drink, but he insisted I should
take stout. So, I took a small bottle of stout. At a point, one of his
friends said I should come with him into a hotel room and there he told
me he wants to have sex with me. I was uncomfortable with that,
wondering how could that be. So, I had to lie that I was in my menstrual
cycle.
"After, my boyfriend said I should accompany him to another
place, but I told him its already dark, that my mother has been calling
my phone and that I will like to return home. He continued to pester me,
until he took me to the place , and when we got to a place, he was
calling some of his friends and I was afraid because it was already
10pm. That was all I know.”
The victim was said to have slumped on their way to the residence
of the herbalist and this attracted vigilante men who later called the
police.
When the police came, Ruth Alabi was rushed to a nearby hospital in an unconscious state, before she was revived.
While in the hospital, the girl said medical examination revealed that the stout she drank was laced with drugs.
Speaking with journalists, the two suspects denied the plan to use the girl for ritual .
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