The body of an unidentified woman has been found inside a church compound in the Obelewo area of Osogbo, Osun State, with her left wrist reportedly cut off and removed from the scene. The discovery was confirmed by the Nigeria Police Force Public Relations Officer, Ani Iniedu, in a statement on Sunday, August 16.
Discovery and Initial Findings
Police detectives visited the scene after the body was reported. According to Iniedu, early findings indicated that the woman had been killed and her left wrist deliberately severed. "The investigations revealed that the deceased was slaughtered and her left wrist severed and taken away by unknown persons," he said, as reported by Punch.
The police spokesman stated that detectives had not yet determined how the woman died, who was responsible, or what motivated the killing. Efforts to identify the deceased were also continuing as of the time the statement was issued.
Autopsy and Investigation Underway
The corpse was moved from the church premises to a hospital mortuary, where an autopsy will be carried out to support the investigation. "The corpse was deposited at the hospital mortuary for autopsy," Iniedu said. The Osun State Command Investigation Department has taken over the case and is working to piece together what happened. Police did not give a timeline for when results of the autopsy or further inquiries would be shared, as reported by Leadership.
Similar Incident in South-West Nigeria
This incident is not the first of its kind in south-west Nigeria. In May 2015, a woman was found dead and dumped inside a drainage channel along OGTV Road in Abeokuta, Ogun State, with her private parts mutilated. Residents had reportedly woken up to the scene, and investigators at the time were unable to immediately establish how the body arrived there.
In a separate case, authorities in Kano State have launched an investigation into the death of a young businessman, Isma'il Makaye, who was found dead at the residence of a popular TikTok content creator, Fati Cele, in the Danbare area of Kumbotso Local Government Area. Makaye, who reportedly operated a cosmetics business in the Hotoro Tishanma area of Kano, was said to have died in the early hours of Friday, August 14.
