Two women found dead by roadside, private parts gone

Firstclass newsline learnt that the residents of Atele Street in the
Anibaba community, Ikorodu, Lagos State on Tuesday woke up to find two
naked dead women, who were dumped by the roadside.
Firstclass newslinelearnt that the women, whose identities had yet to
be known, also had their breasts cut off, while their private parts
were removed.
Firstclass newsline learnt that the shocked residents tried in vain to
locate the families of the deceased women.
The residents told firstclass newsline that the incident was the
second time in two weeks that mutilated bodies of women would be found
in the area.
Firstclass newsline had reported on Monday that six women were found
dead in a canal in the area on Saturday, December 5.
It had been reported that the decomposing corpses were thereafter
removed by officials of the Lagos State Environmental Health
Monitoring Unit, and deposited in a morgue in Yaba.
The Lagos State Police Public Relations Officer, DSP Joe Offor, had
told the source that the relatives of the women had yet to show up,
adding that the police were investigating the cause of the women's
death.
Firstclass newsline learnt on Tuesday that two women were again found
by the roadside, stripped naked and mutilated.
Firstclass newsline learnt that some of the residents reported the
matter at the Ikorodu Police Division and to the Rapid Response Squad.
Officials of SEHMU were said to have been invited to the area again to
attend to the corpses.
Speaking with firstclass newsline , a resident, who gave her name only
as Iyiola, said the faces of the deceased were not familiar to any of
the residents.
She said, "The spot where we found these women on Tuesday is just some
distance away from the canal. The bodies were dumped behind a house on
the street.
"Just last week, six women were picked from a canal in this area. The
bodies were found after a foul smell pervaded our area. On Tuesday, we
were shocked to find two fresh corpses. We strongly suspect that the
women were killed by ritual killers.
"The bodies were stripped naked, while their breasts and private parts
had been cut off. When are we going to stop seeing dead bodies?"
Another resident, who identified herself as Iya Sarah, said, "The
police and the community development association must do something
about these killings. There is obviously a serial killer in the
community. One of the corpses found was that of a lady, who was
stripped of everything."
Firstclass newsline learnt that some residents had written letters to
the Inspector-General of Police, Solomon Arase, the state Commissioner
of Police, Fatai Owoseni, and the National Human Rights Commission in
Abuja to investigate the spate of killings in the area.
The police spokesperson, Offor, could not yet be reached for comment,
as his phone rang out.
However, the Public Relations Officer, Lagos State Ministry of Heath,
Mrs. Adeola Salako, confirmed to the source that the SEHMU officials
found two new corpses of women in the area on Tuesday.
"You are right about the two new corpses," she said in a text message.