Suspected ritualists kill pregnant woman in Kwara

A pregnant woman has been gruesomely murdered in Ilorin, Kwara State, in what residents fear may be a ritual killing.

The victim, whose identity has not yet been established, was killed on Thursday, August 21, 2025, at Temidire, a community in Egbejila, Ilorin.

Her body was discovered dismembered in circumstances that bore disturbing similarities to a previous case in the city involving a self-styled cleric, Abdulrahaman Bello, who reportedly murdered Yetunde Lawal, a final-year student of the Kwara College of Education, to harvest body parts, according to Daily Post.

Residents said the woman, married to a trader in agricultural chemicals and equipment in a border town in Kwara North, was home alone on Wednesday night.

One resident recounted:“Eyewitnesses alleged that she was expecting a visitor that evening and was seen purchasing bottles of beer and plates of pepper soup before retreating indoors.“By dawn, suspicion arose when a neighbour reportedly confronted a man, believed to be her husband’s younger brother, leaving the house with a black nylon bag.“The liquid trail, on closer inspection, turned out to be blood. Alarm was raised immediately, drawing other members of the community.

“Horrifically, body parts suspected to belong to the victim, including an arm, a leg and entrails, were later discovered in nearby bushes but the head was nowhere to be found.”

The discovery has heightened tension in the area, sparking fears of ritual activity and worsening existing ethnic suspicions among locals.

Police sources confirmed that the investigation has been transferred from the Budo Nuhu Divisional Headquarters along Airport Road to the State Criminal Investigation Department (CID) in Ilorin.

(SAHARAREPORTERS)