There is more woes for the five suspected persons who raped two teenage girls as traditionalists, yesterday, sealed off their individual houses in Ondo town, Ondo State. .
The move was for appeasement of the gods. Before the sealing of the suspect’s houses, the traditionalists, dressed in their regalia, converged at a traditional spot on Sora Street in the town, where they offered prayers.
Recall that five men were arrested and charged to court for torturing, raping and videotaping two teenage girls and posting it on social media.
The five suspects— Bode Akinsiku, Olabanji Femi, Abiodun Ayodele, Fadairo Wahab and Adedayo Adebayo— allegedly lured the two teenagers to the house of one of the suspects located at Kogbona Street, where they carried out the act.
The traditionalists, which also included women, chased out residents in the houses and used palm fronds to barricade the entrance to the houses.
After offering prayers, they locked the doors and windows and used some wooden materials to demarcate the houses, chanting incantations while performing the rites.
The traditionalists, it was gathered, decided to embark on the spiritual rites following alleged incessant cases of rape in the town. One of the traditionalists, said: “You see, if you watch the video, it is a taboo and abomination not only in Ondo town, but in the Yoruba race.”
