Cross River: Ritual killings resurface ahead of 2027 elections

By Emma Una
Observations over the last 11 years have shown that in Cross River State, cases of alleged ritual killings tend to increase as general elections draw near, with women accounting for more than 90 per cent of the reported victims. Our Correspondent, Emma Una, highlights the ugly trend in the last  decade. 
Since 2015, when the ugly trend reportedly began, several women have been killed, yet no alleged ritualist has been apprehended or any suspect arrested in connection with the killings. In many of the cases, the killers appear to leave little or no trail, while the victims are stripped of items or identifying details that could help investigators unravel the circumstances s...