The Nigerian Police Force (NPF) has linked many cases of missing young women in the country to ritual practices, with a growing connection to the rising hookup culture in the country.
This was said by the Public Relations Officer of the Ogun State Command, Omolola Odutola, during an interview on Channels Television’s Morning Brief on Wednesday.
Speaking during discussion titled “Hookup Culture: Impact on Youth Values and Relationships,” the Police Spokesperson revealed that young women aged 20 to 32 are the most affected.
She also decried the fact that most young men now believe that ritual killings are a way to become wealthy.
She said, “This particular menace is very serious and I would like a lot of young people to understand the danger in the hookup culture. Today, we have lots of reports of missing persons.
“By the time we start an investigation, not less than 10 young girls and ladies go missing daily. In-depth investigations also reveal that those cases are not by accidents. Most of them are connected to hookup channels and apps.
“They fall victim to strangers who causally invite them to unknown places, and eventually fall victim to being used for ritual purposes. Most cases of missing girls and ritual killings occurring in Ogun State of recent, I would like to say that it is not new.
“It stems from the ugly perspective of young persons who believe that ritual killings could enrich them. We have some of these unscrupulous elements who deceive young people to get human skulls or human body parts, which they use for some kind of concoction to get them rich. That is why we are having advocacy and sensitization, to enlighten young persons to make them understand that engaging in ritual killings does not in any way make them rich.”
