By Mercy Aikoye/Jonathan Lois
House of Representatives has expressed worry about the recent dangerous trend of killing young girls for ritual purposes.
The House is further disturbed that the perpetrators of these heinous crimes are young boys who might not be working alone but with strong cartels.
It is also disturbing that Nigerian young girls have become an endangered species.
The House therefore called on the Inspector General of Police to set up a crack team to conduct a holistic investigation with the sole aim of unmasking the cartels behind these killings and bringing them to justice.
It also mandates the House Committee on Legislative Compliance to ensure compliance with the resolutions.
The resolution was a sequel to a Matter of Urgent Public Importance (Order 8 Rule 4) on the urgent need to curb the dangerous trend of killing young girls for ritual purposes in Nigeria, moved by: Hon. Awaji-Inombek D. Abiante.
“The House notes the recent wave and sustained killings of our young girls who are mostly undergraduates by their supposed boyfriends for ritual purposes; Also notes with dismay the recent murder of 20 years old Miss Justina Otuene an undergraduate student of the Department of Biochemistry, University of Port Harcourt by Damian Okoligwe who is also an undergraduate student ofthe same university last week; the murder of Augusta Osedion, a final year student of Lead City University in July 2023 by her boyfriend, Benjamin Best who goes by the nickname killaboi in Lagos; the murder of Miss Oghenefejiro Ochuko, a final year student of Ambrose Ali University who was equally killed in August, 2023 by her boyfriend, Victor Ochonogor in Benin and several other unreported cases”, the motion said.
