Kidnapers kill Ogun schoolgirl after payment of N1m ransom

A 17-year-old girl, Habeebah Akinsanya, was found dead on Sunday after being kidnapped in the Mile 6 community in the Obafemi-Owode local government area of Ogun State.

The Guardian confirmed that the teenager, who was a student at Lisabi Grammar School, Abeokuta, was abducted on Friday, leaving her family in a state of anxiety.

It was also gathered that his father, Akinsanya Aremu, a member of the So-Safe Corps, was said to have reported the kidnapping to the Kemta Police Station, Abeokuta, immediately after it occurred.

Shortly after that, the kidnappers reportedly contacted him, demanding a ransom of N1 million for her release, and in a bid to save his daughter, Aremu complied and transferred the ransom to an Opay account provided by the kidnappers, after they initially shared a UBA account for onward transfer and there after the father was instructed to retrieve his daughter at a location near Obasa, a few kilometres from the OGTV/Mile 6 area.

But when he arrived at the scene on Sunday morning, he found Habeebah’s lifeless body, savagely mutilated and covered with soldier ants.

It was further gathered that the kidnappers had brutally murdered the girl, leaving her with multiple machete wounds in three places on her body.

A source confirmed that the kidnappers contacted him again on Sunday, demanding a second ransom.

The deceased, who was set to enter SS3 and would have turned 17 in October, was being prepared for burial according to Islamic rites with her body severely mutilated by the brutal attack.