Nigeria - On Monday, in Abeokuta, Ogun State, the town was disturbed as scores of commercial sex workers staged a candlelight procession in honour of their 'colleagues' who were allegedly killed by suspected ritualists, over the weekend.
Dressed in black, about 50 of the sex workers, who stormed the state secretariat of Nigeria Union of Journalists, NUJ, Oke-Ilewo, Abeokuta, wailed as they mourned their colleagues.
One of the dead, who was simply identified as Sitira (she was also called Titi and Folake), was found dead at a refuse dump site at Olomoore junction in Abeokuta on Sunday morning.
The killers who are suspected to be ritualists were said to have abandoned the corpse of the 23-year-old prostitute after severing some flesh from her body.
The late Sitira was said to have been thrown off a moving Sport Utility Vehicle, SUV, along Abeokuta-Lagos Expressway.
Speaking with reporters, the protesters claimed that beside Sitira, another colleague was killed by suspected ritualists.
They said the mutilated remains of the second sex worker was discovered in a ditch at Olomoore, Abeokuta.
These individuals gathered at the NUJ secretariat and also at the nearby residence of popular figure, Chief Ernest Shonekan.
Bearing candle sticks, they chanted solidarity slogans and rained curses on the killers of their colleagues.
They eventually left the scene for the MKO Abiola International Stadium, Kuto, Abeokuta, where they continued their mourning.
Chanting: Oro nla leda, oro nla leda, eyin tepa Titi, t’eje odagba, oro nla leda. Omo yin maku, eeeheee omo yin maku, eyin tepa Titi
t’eje odagba, omo yin maku.
It means: You have done something grievous, you have done something grievous. The killers of Titi (Sitira) have done something grievous. Their children will die, their children will die, those that killed Titi will lose their children.
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