There has not been any record of ritual killing in Benue, the Police Command in the state has said.
The command’s Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), SP Sewuese Anene, told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Sunday in Makurdi that there was no intelligence report.
Anene, however, admitted that though other crimes, to some extent, persisted in the state, there were no reported cases of ritual killings.
She also stressed that there was no information or evidence about the existence of cannibals or human parts markets in the state.
“We don’t have intelligence reports of any human parts market in Benue.
“So we have not recorded any ritual killing; there are other crimes, but not this particular one. We are always on red alert,” she said.
According to Mr Terwase Shagbaor, Founder of the Benue Patriotic Youths Movement, the people only hear and read about ritual killings in the media.
Shagbaor said the state was yet to record such heinous crimes.
He, therefore, encouraged Benue people, especially the youths, to steer clear of crime.
Also, a motorcyclist, Agada Ogli, said that though his job entailed riding on the road day and night, he had yet to come across any suspected case of ritual killing in Benue.
Ogli also said motorcyclists often come across all kinds of crimes in the line of their duty, but ritual killing was not one of them.
