Another female undergraduate has been raped and killed in Oyo State, the third time in weeks in the state.
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Grace Oshiagwu, a student of Business Administration at the Oke Ogun Polytechnic in Saki area of the state, was raped and murdered at a church around the Idi-Ori area of Shasha, which is under Akinyẹle Local Government Area in Ibadan, the state capital, on Saturday, according to Sahara Reporters.
A source told the online news medium that the late student may have been killed for ritual purposes.
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“Yes, it was another rape case close to my street and the lady was murdered at the same Akinyẹle LGA where Barakat was killed a few weeks ago.
“But one thing that surprised me the most is that the lady’s hair was shaved and taken away too. I feel it was for ritual purposes,” the source told the news website.
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The source added that her corpse had been deposited at Adeoyo State Hospital in Ibadan for autopsy.
The Oyo State Police Command said an investigation had commenced into the case.
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The incident occurred 10 days after Shomuyiwa Azeezat, who was seven months pregnant and a postgraduate student of the University of Ibadan, was raped and killed in Akinyele LGA.
It also came after 18-year-old Barakat Bello was raped and killed in the same LGA.
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