HORRIBLE: Suspected Ritualists Slash Teenage Girl’s Throat In Niger

A teenager’s corpse was found with a deep gash on her throat was found in a nearby bush by the Abdulkadir Kure Ultra Modern Market in Minna, Niger State on Sunday causing commotion among traders and passersby.

The corpse was discovered by some artisans and security men working at a block industry located near the crime scene midway into the day’s work on Sunday afternoon.

According to the artisans, they
had sighted an unusual clothing material covering something that looked strange at a particular spot and had decided to move closer to see the clothing material which was covering a bigger object that was attracting flies only to discover it was the decomposing body of a teenage girl.

The Eagle Online reports:

    Information about the discovery of the strange corpse within the nearby bush soon spread like wild fire among traders in the market, particularly women, who soon besieged the spot to catch a glimpse of the dead teenager.

    Though no part of her body was missing, our correspondent gathered that the corpse had deep cut in the throat, an indication that her murderers may have tried unsuccessfully to severe her throat but may have been distracted by passersby.

    The corpse whose identity was not known as at the time of filing this report, has been evacuated by the police in the state.

    When contacted, the Police Public Relations Officer, Niger State Police Command, Richard Oguche, said he was not in town.