Police Begin Probe Into Death Of Ondo Trader Found Inside Bush

The Ondo State Police Command on Monday announced the commencement of an investigation into the murder of Kudirat Abolarinwa in Lekere, Ayeyemi Area of Ondo town, Ondo State.

After hours of being missing on Saturday, the body of the deceased, identified as a plantain vendor, was discovered in a pool of blood in the nearby bushes.

According to a source in the area, the condition in which the 45-year-old woman was discovered suggests that she was purportedly raped and fatally attacked with a machete by an unidentified assailant, whose identity remains undisclosed.

He said, “The deceased followed the man to buy plantain on the farm and she was attacked by the same man on the farm.

“The man came on Friday to ask of the people selling plantain, and the deceased followed him to the farm to buy the produce. Since then, we had been looking for her, but her lifeless body was finally found on Saturday.”

The source added that there were signs of violent marks on her body as she was found naked with marks of cutlass while the assailant had run away.

When contacted, the state Police Public Relations Officer, Mrs Funmilayo Odunlami, who confirmed the incident, said an investigation had commenced into it.

The PPRO said, “On Saturday, around 5pm, one Tajudeen Bolarinwa of Ago R⁹oad, Onipetesi village reported that at about 4.30pm, his wife Mrs Kudirat Bolarinwa aged 45 years, who goes from one farm to the other to buy kola nuts was murdered in the bush by an unknown person.

“At the scene of the incident, the deceased was left with only pant and the side of her face, lower arm, and head were severely matcheted. An investigation had since commenced to unravel the circumstances of her subsequent death.”