65-year-old woman killed in Osun state, with eyes plucked out

A 65-year-old woman identified as Oluyemi Tunmise, has been murdered by suspected ritualists in Ilesa, Osun State. According to the family of the deceased, her body was found on her farm at Fadahunsi area Ilesa at about 11.30 am on Monday, August 1 with one eyes plucked out.

This was according to a statement by the spokesperson of the Osun Police Command, Yemisi Opalola, on Tuesday.

“Dare Oluyemi of Odundun area reported that his mother, one Oluyemi Tunmise, aged about 65 years, who family members have been searching for since Saturday, 30/07/22, was found dead on her farm at Fadahunsi area Ilesa at about 1130 hours with one of her eyes plucked out by yet to be identified assailants,” the statement read. 

The statement added that the complainant and other children of the deceased had refused to allow the police to take the corpse of their late mother to the mortuary.

The PPRO said the children of the deceased wished to bury their mother, adding that they threatened violence if the police insisted on going ahead to evacuate the corpse to a mortuary.