How did a 23-year-old only daughter of her father disappear from home only for her lifeless body to be found on the road two days later?

This is the mystery Ebonyi Police Command has commenced investigating into to unravel the death of 23-year-old Caroline Agama by suspected ritualists.

The command’s Spokesman, SP Joshua Ukandu, disclosed this to newsmen, on Friday, while confirming the incident, which occurred sometime in March.

Ukandu said that the command’s Anti-kidnap Unit had taken over the matter to fish out the suspects.

The father of the deceased, Mr Dennis Agama, said that his daughter was gruesomely murdered by some ritual-killing suspects in the state.

Narrating the incident to newsmen, Agama said his daughter suddenly disappeared from their home on March 26.

“We combed bushes and searched the entire community to no avail until two days later, when her lifeless body was found on Iboko Road in Izzi LGA of the state,” he said.

The octogenarian alleged that the deceased was lured through a phone call by her killers, “who, perhaps needed a virgin for their evil act”.

He said that her phone was not only seized but switched off by the suspects to disconnect her until after they had carried out their nefarious act.

“Caroline Ndidiamaka is my only daughter and before the incident, she was about to sit for her Senior Secondary School Certificate Examination at the Jordan Secondary School, Ndiebor Ishiagu Community,” Agama said.

He called for justice and government’s intervention in the alleged murder of the deceased.

The deceased’s brother, Christopher, expressed deep worries at the manner his sister was killed by her assailants who, he said, cut off her tongue and private part.

He said: “During the search in the evening of March 28, a male voice contacted me with late Caroline’s number and claimed that my sister’s phone was picked up at Iboko Market Square.

“But when I wanted to make an arrangement on how to retrieve the phone, the man suddenly resorted to deceit,” he said.

Christopher appealed to the relevant authorities to help the family uncover those behind the crime and ensure they faced justice. (NAN)