Two aged women were on Tuesday night gruesomely and mysteriously murdered by yet to be identified suspected ritualists at Okeegbe area of Ikare in Akoko North East Local Government area of Ondo State.

While one of the deceased, Mrs Medinat Ala, 72, the landlady of the house was killed in the house by the suspected ritualists, by removing her vital organs, the other woman, simply identified as Onyanme, died in hospital.

Onyame, an Ebira woman was a tenant of the late Mrs Ala, who was killed with pestle after which her assailant removed her breast, womb, oesophagus and her virginal.

One of their neighbours told Radio Nigeria that the suspected ritualists attacked Onyame with the same pestle when she raised alarm as her landlady was being dealt with but left her unconscious for fear of being caught.

The tenant was said to have died later in hospital.

Mrs Ala was said to be a petty trader selling materials in the frontage of her family house.

The Divisional Police Officer for Ikare Akoko, Mr Abayomi Fidelis who led his men to the scene of the incident said that the doors to the house were not broken before the dastardly act.

The DPO said a male tenant in the house, where the incident happened, Moses Olaniyi had been arrested by the police.

Speaking on the incident, the Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), Mr Femi Joseph who confirmed it, said the command had begun investigation into the matter and made an arrest.