Horror in Ibadan again! Cleric caught slaughtering woman on

Horror in Ibadan again! Cleric caught
slaughtering woman

BY OLA  AJAYI, Ibadan
Barely one week after corpses and virtually dead
victims were uncovered in a kidnappers den in
Ibadan, Oyo State capital, a man described as a
Muslim cleric, Isa Salaudeen, was, allegedly, caught
slaughtering a woman, identified as Chiwendu
Nkwocha, in his room at Ori Eru, Idikan area of the
city.
But, before he slaughtered  his victim, the cry of the
woman reportedly attracted neighbours who came
to her aid.
The suspect was said to have cut deep into the
neck of the woman who was  rushed to the
University College Hospital (UCH), Ibadan.
Eyewitnesses narrated that it was the persistent
call for help from the victim that prompted them to
run to the scene.
The suspect was said to have pretended performing
evil exorcism on her when he suddenly took up a
knife and started cutting her neck.
The first knife the attacker used, as Sunday
Vanguard gathered, was blunt and the suspect
replaced it with a  dagger.
But, before much harm could be done, help came
the way of the woman.
An eye witness  said, “People heard the lady’s
shouts from inside the house and kicked the door
open only to find that the “Alfa” had pinned her to
the floor and was already cutting her neck. The
“Alfa”  ran out of the house when the first person
broke in. The woman’s neck was already cut.
The head would have been totally cut off if help
hadn’t come”.
A resident of the area, Taiwo Agunlofi, said angry
youths in the area caught the suspect after trying
to escape.
“Were it not for timely intervention, the Muslim
cleric would have been lynched by angry youths,”
he added.
It was further learnt that the victim was brought to
Salaudeen by her boyfriend for “spiritual cleansing”.
Oyo State Police Public Relations Officer, SP Olabisi
Ilobanafor, confirmed the incident, saying the
suspect was already in custody and had made
useful statements.