Shakirat, a 22-year-old woman, has been discovered dead one day after she was reported missing.
Shakirat had been missing since March 9th, according to sources, and was last seen in the early hours of Wednesday afternoon.
To this aim, a large search for her was carried out, culminating in the finding of her body at the back of her mother’s shop in Oke-Oore, Iwo, Osun state, on Thursday, March 10th.
According to reports, the woman was murdered and dumped where she was found by suspected ritualists.
A source cited by The PUNCH said:
“She was last seen Wednesday afternoon and her family members became worried when she did not return in the evening. Her corpse was found behind her mother’s shop very early on Thursday. Some police operatives later came and took the body away. We later learnt that they took her to morgue in Iwo General Hospital.”
Yemisi Opalola, spokesperson of the Osun police State Police Command, who confirmed the development said police had commenced investigation into the incident.
He also added that the command wanted autopsy to be carried out on the corpse, but “the family insisted on burying her and we have released the corpse to the family.”