The House of Representatives has expressed worry about the growing dangerous trend of killing young girls for ritual purposes.
The House was further disturbed that the perpetrators of these heinous crimes are young boys who might not be working alone, but with strong cartels.
They expreased disgust at the disturbing trend that Nigerian young girls have become endangered species, insisting it must stop.
The House therefore called on the Inspector-General of Police (IGP) to set up a crack team to conduct holistic investigation with the aim of unmasking the cartels behind these killings and bringing them to justice.
It also mandated its Committee on Legislative Compliance to ensure compliance with the resolutions.
The resolution was a sequel to a Matter of Urgent Public Importance (Order 8 Rule 4), on the urgent need to curb the dangerous trend of killing young girls for ritual purposes in Nigeria, moved by Hon. Awaji-Inombek D. Abiante.
“The House notes the recent wave and sustained killings of our young girls who are mostly undergraduates by their supposed boyfriends for ritual purposes;
“Also notes with dismay the recent murder of 20 years old Miss Justina Otuene, an undergraduate student of the Department of Biochemistry, University of Port Harcourt by Damian Okoligwe, who is also an undergraduate student at the same university last week;
h”The murder of Augusta Osedion, a final year student of Lead City University in July, 2023, by her boyfriend, Benjamin Best, who goes by the nickname, killaboi, in Lagos;
h”The murder of Miss Oghenefejiro Ochuko, a final year student of Ambrose Ali University, who was equally killed in August, 2023, by her boyfriend, Victor Ochonogor, in Benin and several other unreported cases”, he stated in a motion.
The House observed a minute silence for Otuene, Augusta, Oghenefejiro and other victims of premeditated killings by these heartless gangs.
