Anxiety as suspected ritualists invade Agbor

AGBOR — Residents of Alisimie, an agrarian community, in Agbor, Ika South Local Government Area of Delta State, are now living in perpetual fear, following alleged presence of people suspected to be ritualists. An investigation revealed that residents in the community have lost sight of sleep in recent time due to attempts by the prowling ritualists to unleash mayhem in the area. It was learned that the incident started about two weeks ago when a nursing mother in Aliren quarters, within the community, was attacked by one of the unidentified ritualists on her way to the farm. The woman, a mother of two, who is in her late 20s, was said to have miraculously escaped from the assailant after the latter had inflicted a machete injury on her head. This development, it was further learned, made residents in Aliren and Ahima quarters to swiftly comb the bush with a view to finding the suspected ritualist, to no avail. While residents in Aliren quarters were still in shock over the attack, another woman in Idumukwu quarters was also attacked on her way to the farm by suspected ritualists nine days after the Aliren incident. Again, on Thursday, February 12, 2015, another case was reported in Idumukwu but no life was lost to the three incidents. However, an atmosphere of fear has enveloped the community as they are now afraid of going to farm alone. Reacting to the incidents, chairman of Alisimie Central Executive Committee, Mr. Augustine Uwagwu, said the people of the community at home and in the Diaspora, were deeply worried over the reported cases of ritualists attacks in the area.   Vanguard