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OGUN, Nigeria – A Nigerian woman in her 30s was murdered in Ijebu Ode, Ogun State, police said Sunday.

Olubukonla Adebanjo, 35, was reportedly hacked to death with machete in the Iwesi area of Ijari, Ijebu Ode, Ogun State, in the early hours of Saturday, 29 June.

Sources said that the victim went to buy food items and was attacked and macheted by unknown persons until she gave up the ghost.

“One of my neighbours called me and informed me of an urgent life-and-death issue. I tried calling my wife, but someone else answered; it was the woman she had gone to buy something from. She told me to come quickly because my wife was on the floor,” said Olaoluwa Adebanjo, the victim’s husband.

“When I arrived on our street, I found my wife dead on the ground with the police already at the scene. They were waiting for me to identify the corpse before they could take her to the mortuary,” local news outlet, The Nation quoted him as saying.

Mr Adebanjo lamented that he was heartbroken and still in shock about his wife’s tragic death.

“I would be glad if the culprit is found as soon as possible because my wife must not have died in vain,” he told the news outlet.

The deceased is survived by a 4-year-old child.

A resident of Iwesi, Ijebu Ode, Pastor Fidelis Elekwachi expressed his displeasure over the killing, noting previous incidents of armed robbery, burglary, assault, and murder in the area.

“Before this incident, on Thursday, we experienced a burglary at a barber shop in the area where clippers, generators, and many other things were stolen,” Elekwachi said.

“The day before the burglary, there was an armed robbery at a shop where phones and other valuable items were taken at gunpoint.”

The pastor urged the Ogun State Police Command to tighten security in the area as such incidents are becoming commonplace and endangering residents’ lives.

The command’s spokeswoman, SP Omolola Odutola, confirmed the incident.

Odutola said the police responded to a distress call from the victim’s neighbor.

According to the police spokeswoman, the victim was attacked with a machete by an unknown assailant who fled when pursued.

She said that law enforcement promptly dispatched officers to the scene, where they gathered evidence and took photographs.

She confirmed that the victim, Oluwabusola, was rushed to Ijebu Ode General Hospital for urgent medical attention but was pronounced dead upon arrival.

SP Odutola assured the public of a thorough investigation, stating that every effort would be made to apprehend the perpetrator.

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