By Emeka Amaefula
There is
quick return of ritual murder of ladies in particular in Port Harcourt by
people suspected to be “Get Rich Quick” boys popularly known as “Yahoo Boys”
because of their use of Internet in fraud related offenses in the past.
Recently in the city of Port Harcourt about eight (8) ladies have been murdered
in two months inside hotels in a similar manner using white cloth to
strangulate them at their necks.
It is
unreliably gathered that the so called rituals usually approach their preys
being young girls in their twenties of age blankets and pretending to engage
them for sex related escapades which is
normally called “Till Day-Break”—TDB among the commercial sex workers after
paying substantial sum of money about ten thousand naira (N10,000) per night.
But upon getting to the hotels, the “Get Quick Rich” having prepared his charms
with his native doctors will allegedly ask the ladies to eat and drink whatever
she wants after which high smelling fragrance coming from perfumery with be
spread around the room and their targets will inhale good amount of these
fragrance and gets weak and unconscious it is at this time that the lady’s
nostrils will be covered with white handkerchief which will have special effect
and spell for “money doubling” going to the “Yahoo boys” who quickly will leave
a white cloth on the neck of the victim.
The Rivers
state Commissioner of Police Mustapha DanDaura in a Press Briefing to
journalists at Port Harcourt identified the facts that there is rituals angle
to the deaths of girls at most hotel rooms and two of such hotels that violated
laid down security rules have been closed down pending the outcome of
investigations from his officers. And that some suspects have been arrested for
interrogation which is yielding leading links and connections to 8-killings so
far recorded in the state.
Few months ago, Yahoo Boys were using ladies’ pants underwear for ritual purposes across major cities in Nigeria and this resulted in the stealing of underwear belonging to ladies. Now the device by the suspected “Yahoo Boys” according to Rivers state Commissioner is that they do not remove any part of the vital body organs but they must leave a piece of white cloth tied on the neck of the victims which collaborates with cultists activities now rampaging many communities in Rivers state.
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So, far the
police and other sister agencies operating in Rivers state had place conditions
lodgers must fulfill which include identification with Identity Cards,
International passport, National Identity card, telephone numbers that must be
verified by Desk officers and the mounting of Close Circuit Television camera
devices around hotels in Rivers state while discouraging acceptance of “Short
Time’ lodgers who book for one Hour or two to three hours stay in the hotels.