Ondo Fruit Seller Raped To Death

By Damilare Adeleye
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A fruit seller identified as Mrs Roseline Joguntan has been reportedly raped to death at Igbokoda in Ilaje Local Government Area of Ondo State.

The rape victim was murdered at her family farm on the weekend around the Zion area of Igbokoda.

She was said to have gone to the farm alongside one of her children to pick fruits for sale.

A source stated that it was her child that voiced out when she noticed her mother was yet to return home from the farm.

Joguntan, a man identified as the husband of the victim, said he rushed to go to the farm after calls to his wife’s mobile phone went unanswered only to find her dead in the farm.

A spokesman for Ilaje Security Council, Prince Emorioloye Owolemi, disclosed that incessant killings were becoming worrisome in the community.

He added; “It is so sad that Igbokoda is witnessing the highest security threat. It has become daily killings. People live in fear and business activities have paralyzed.

“We are calling on the state government to please help in strengthening local vigilante in Igbokoda. The Security Task Force, Mr Governor directed the Council chairman to organize has not been done since.”

He impelled security agencies to unravel those behind the killing of Mrs Joguntan.

“We are determined to fight for justice on behalf of any of our citizens, and before things get out of hands in Igbokoda, all perpetrators need to face the full wrath of the law," according to him.