The search for a missing 23-year-old job seeker, Miss Precious Kessington Omorodion, has ended on a tragic note with the discovery of her decomposing body in a suspected ritualists’ den in Ota,Ogun State.
Her remains were found by policemen in the den located at Unity and Peace Estate on the Itele-Lafenwa Road, Ota,18 days after her disappeareance.
But the police succeeded in rescuing a 28-year old woman from the uncompleted building during a May 6,2015 operation.
Also recovered at the scene by the police were some of Precious’ belongings including phones, bags and other women accessories .
The Nation had published the strange disappearance of Precious while returning from a visit to her cousin in Ilishan-Remo ,Ogun State on April 19, 2015.
She was allegedly abducted by one Mayowa, who promised to get her a job.
It was learnt that Mayowa had first met Precious at Meiran, Alagbado,a suburb of Lagos and asked her out.
Precious ,sources said,turned down Mayowa’s request for a relationship because her priority was securing employment.
Soon after Precious’ disappearance, her twin sister, Constance, in an interview feared she might have been kidnapped by Mayowa.
Constance said: “She travelled to Ilishan-Remo to see one of our cousins on Easter Sunday, from where she told me on phone that Mayowa asked her to attend an employment interview with an Apapa-based manufacturing outfit where he works. Three days later, she informed me that she would be returning home on April 19, 2015.
“On the day she promised to return, she informed me that she had reached Berger Bus stop on the Lagos-Ibadan expressway. A few minutes later, she sent me a message on Whatsapp that she was at Lafenwa area of Ota, Ogun State.
“She later sent me another text message saying that she was on her way to Spain. From then on, she was no longer reachable as her three phone numbers were switched off. I fear she might have been kidnapped by Mayowa because our cousin, who she visited at Ilishan-Remo, said she overheard my sister asking the said Mayowa on phone to pick her up at Berger bus stop.”
Some residents of Itele community, who spoke with our correspondent, were shocked at the location of the ritualists den in the area.
They could not believe that that such a heinous activity had been going on in the area.
It was learnt that the police have arrested the owner of the building while the suspected kidnappers and ritualists are still on the run.
Constance confirmed on the phone the discovery of Precious’ body: “Yes, Precious is no more. Her body was found in a ritualists’ den at Itele, Ado Odo/Ota Local Government Area. Her phones, bags were found at the scene and I have seen her body at the morgue in Abeokuta where it was deposited by the police.”
Also confirming the story, the spokesman of the State Police Command, Mr Muyiwa Adejobi said:”It is true that the body of the lady (Precious) was found in a suspected ritualists’ or kidnappers den at Itele and we are still on the case. The prime suspect (Mayowa) is at large and we are vcurrently on his trail.”
