The remains of Shile Ogunmolasuyi, a secondary school leaver who was kidnapped along with her mother, Yemi Ogunmolasuyi, in Emure, Ekiti State, have been recovered.
Shile was reportedly gang-raped to death by seven kidnappers who had abducted her, her mother, and another woman, Caroline Taiwo, on August 31 near Oyimo River along the Emure-Eporo Road.
The kidnappers had ambushed the vehicle that was transporting the victims to Akure after a family event in Emure, killing Oluwole Taiwo, the husband of one of the victims, who was driving the car.
Shile’s mother and Caroline Taiwo were released on Tuesday, September 3, after the kidnappers collected a ransom of N10m.
The ransom was reportedly delivered at a spot on the Owo-Ikare-Benin Road in Owo, Ondo State, and the captives were freed at around 1:30 AM on Wednesday.
PUNCH Metro gathered that Shile was killed after becoming too weak to walk due to repeated assaults by the kidnappers.
Following the release of her mother, members of the Amotekun corps and Agro Marshal in Emure began searching for Shile’s body.
Her decomposing remains were eventually found in the bush near Ago Panu village in Ondo State on Sunday.
In a video seen by PUNCH Metro, local security operatives were seen wrapping the corpse in a sack.
The Secretary of the Emure Progressives Association, Niyi Awopetu, confirmed the recovery of the body, although there was no information on Shile’s burial as of the time of reporting.
“I can confirm that Shile’s corpse has been recovered, but I don’t know if she has been buried or not”, said Awopetu.
The August 31 abduction marked the third kidnap incident in the Emure area in 2024.
Earlier on January 29, five pupils, three female teachers, and a driver from the Apostolic Faith Children School were abducted on the same Emure-Eporo Road.
Similarly, on July 13, the wife of a retiree, Mrs Atinuke Adanikin, was kidnapped in the same area.
