Suspected ritual killers have released a young lady, Maranatha Innocent,
who was abducted along Katsina Ala Street, Makurdi, Benue State after
spending five days in captivity.
She was coming from a bank where she had gone to make a transaction when she was abducted by three men in a car.
Maranatha's
cousin, Love, told Northern City News on Sunday that the former came
back to the house five days after her disappearance but could not utter a
word about her experience.
She said that after she was
hospitalised, Maranatha informed the family that she was abducted by
suspected ritual killers and kept in a house with two other female
victims.
Love said , “Maranatha told us that she took an okada
from the bank and when they got to a lonely spot along Katsina Ala
Street, the Okada man said he wanted to urinate.
“ As she was
waiting for him, a vehicle with three men pulled up and asked her for
direction, but she lost consciousness as she attempted to speak and
found herself in a room with two other girls who were similarly tied. ”
According
to Love, Maranatha said a man who appeared to be the leader of the gang
entered the room and selected the victim to be used for his rituals.
“
All this while, they were not eating, but on that particular day, a man
came into the room with a staff and he just placed it above the head of
a victim and the staff made a weird sound, but when it came to
Maranatha's turn, the staff just made a small sound and it kept shaking
and shaking, so they slapped her and said she should be taken away, ”
she narrated.
She continued, “ She woke up to find herself at
that same spot where they abducted her. She woke up to find herself
lying on the ground and so she took a bike home, ” Love added.
She
disclosed that the spot where her cousin was abducted was notorious for
kidnapping, adding that a number of sympathisers phoned to inform her
about the high incidence of abduction around the area.
Love said her cousin was molested, but noted that she was recuperating.
Source: Punch
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