The President, Association
of Industrial Security and Safety Operators of Nigeria (AISSON), Dr. Ona Ekhomu,
has called on the Nigeria Police Force to reinvigorate its efforts at combating
ritual killings in Nigeria as the frequency of ritual murders is becoming too
high, especially in Lagos which prides itself centre of excellence, reports ITRealms.
In a press release
issued in Lagos, made available to ITRealms,
Dr. Ekhomu urged the Police to set up Special Ritual Murder Squads in various
State Commands in order to focus the investigation, detection, arrest and prosecution
of ritual killers.
He said that the high
incidence of serial ritual killings demanded urgent action at the level of the
police high command. According to the first chartered security professional in
West Africa, citizens were rapidly losing faith in the ability of the police
agency to detect and punish ritual killers.
This, he said was responsible for the increase in lynching of suspects
as members of the public resort to violence to get redress for the heinous
murders.
Dr. Ekhomu said that
the human rights of persons murdered by ritual killers “must be restored by security agencies through
diligent investigation, detection, arrest and prosecution”.
Said he: “The
conscience of Nigerians should be troubled by reports of recent ritual murders
including that of one-year-old Success lme
in Calabar whose heart was ripped out from her small body for ritual purposes
and was discovered in a Church along with other items for occult rituals. There
is also the case of Pastor Samuel Okpara in Ahoada East LGA of Imo State who was
kidnapped, killed and cannibalized by ritualists. The pastor was reportedly beheaded and his
liver and intestines used for pepper soup and plantain porridge. What a
horrific occurrence?”
The world-renowned
security expert also decried the excesses of the Baddoo murder cult in Ikorodu
Lagos State that specialized in smashing the skull of its victims with grinding
stone and dropping white handkerchiefs as calling cards. He said that the Baddoo cult killings were a
direct challenge to the Police agency, which he felt the police should confront
head on.
Ekhomu commended the current
internal reforms aimed at repositioning the police agency as an effective crime-fighting
force. He advised police top management to sustain and reinvigorate the needed
police operational reforms.
He praised the
Inspector-General of Police, Alhaji Ibrahim Idris for the huge successes
recorded by the police agency in busting kidnap cases. He charged the Police top management team to devise
creative strategies to detect and severely punish ritualists and killer
cultists.
Dr. Ekhomu said that
the economic recession in the land was not a licence to commit ritual murder. He said that impunity was encouraging
ritualists to commit murders because they believe they will not be apprehended
or punished.
He advised Nigerians
against late night outings. He said that
driving alone at night was also dangerous as a vehicular breakdown could result
in abduction by ritualists.
He advised commuters to always write down the identification markings of public conveyance vehicles which they enter and make phone calls to loved ones passing on the information. According to him, “ritual murderers always wish to be unidentified. They want to kill people, but don’t wish to be apprehended. Once information about them has been passed on to someone else, it becomes difficult for them to do evil”.
He advised commuters to always write down the identification markings of public conveyance vehicles which they enter and make phone calls to loved ones passing on the information. According to him, “ritual murderers always wish to be unidentified. They want to kill people, but don’t wish to be apprehended. Once information about them has been passed on to someone else, it becomes difficult for them to do evil”.
He urged Nigerian to
properly assess public transport vehicles before boarding in order not to board
the “wrong bus”. He said that there is
strength in numbers. So Nigerians should
always go out with “a buddy”.
He advised women to
carry whistles on them in order to raise an alarm if there is an attempt to
abduct them. According to him, the
ritualists have to first kidnap and control a victim before carrying out the
ritual killing.
He urged Nigerians to
exercise utmost caution in order to avoid victimization by ritual killers.
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