A 36-year-old housewife, Mrs Adedeji Alafia Ibukun, has alleged threats to her life by some suspected cultists in Ado-Ekiti, Ekiti State capital.
The victim, who lives at Water Works Area of Ado-Ekiti, said certain hoodlums who had been threatening her life tried to force her to join a fraternity with a warning that she would regret if she refused.
In her statement to the Police in Ekiti, Mrs Adedeji said she had received the threat messages via letters on three occasions between 2021 and 2022.
In a Save My Soul Message to police authorities in Ekiti, she said the suspected cultists also dropped a threat letter at her home and the frightening scenario had forced her to take refuge at her neighbour’s house for the fear of being caught unawares.
“That on Sunday, 11th April, 2021 when I and my family returned from Church, I met a typed written paper pasted on my door. I was so terrified to see this type of letter because I didn’t offend anybody that can warrant such a letter. I am the type of person that always mind my business. I am an easy going person.
“The content of the letter got me frightened that I became afraid every day. It reads that I should join a fraternity and failure to do so would make me regret my life or rather perish,” her statement read in part.
She stated further: “After a while, I didn’t see anything of such on my door again then I thought I was a free person. To my surprise, I met another typed written paper dated 12th September, 2021, pasted on my door in which it was also stated emphatically that I should join an unknown fraternity and according to the statement therein, failure to do so would make me regret my life or rather perish.
“This second letter made me worried a lot to the extent that I managed to move around in my neighborhood. I was confused on whether to report the matter to the Police or not since I was warned.
“Not too long, on January, 23rd, 2022, I saw another letter on my door, when I checked this last date and compared it with other dates written on the previous letters, I discovered that they usually come to paste the horrible letters on our door on Sunday when everybody had gone to church.
“It was this last note that made me decided to report the matter to the police and besides, on entering my room, I discovered that my house had been burgled and my laptop and voter’s card were stolen as well. The hoodlums escaped with the receipts kept in the pack. I became so much afraid and very uncomfortable to the extent that I and my family had to move out of the apartment because we did not know their next line of action. Also, I don’t know what they would do with my identity card taken away.
“To this end, I urge the police to investigate the matter with a view to save my soul/life and bring these people to book.”