The Ansar-ud-deen Society of Nigeria, a faith-based organisation, has condemned the recent upsurge in ritual killings in the country.
The religious body, however, blamed the total breakdown of moral values and parental collusion as some of the reasons for the malaise.
At a briefing yesterday, the Chairman, Abuja branch of the society, Alhaji Mohammed Olayiwola, noted the rise in the occurrence of such attempts at horrendous killings made by teenager
Four teenage suspects, Soliu Majekodunmi, 18, Wariz Oladehinde, 18, Abdulgafar Lukman, 19, and Balogun Mustaqeem, 20, recently self-confessed to the ritual killing of one Sofiat Kehinde, 20, in Ogun State,
He said, “The situation has provoked soul-searching and brought home the need for an urgent response to halt the frightful upsurge in the killings.
“What would a teenager need money to do even to the extent of killing and beheading a human being for money rituals?
would a teenager need money to do even to the extent of killing and beheading a human being for money rituals?
“It is the height of the deprecation of societal values; hence, all hands must be on deck immediately to restore moral sanity and pristine mores in the society.”
To this end, Olayiwola said the 27th Annual Ramadan Lecture of the Ansar-Ud-deen Society slated to hold on Saturday April 9 in the nation’s capital, has been themed: ‘Ramadan: Family Value and Nation Building’.
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