By Sunmola Olowookere
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Believe it or not, many ladies  now go about without their panties. The Hope investigation has revealed.

The findings revealed that the fear of losing their panties to ritualists for money making rituals has forced a new  way of life on women folks.

Several ladies interviewed described the trend as worrisome and heart breaking as many young men eager to rip a fortune now  engage in thieving women undies.

The unholy act initially discussed in hushed tones  have become a public discourse, sending jitters to the hearts of ladies and anxious parents.

At press time, pant theft for money making rituals has become a national and criminal scourge in which many people including clerics have been  nabbed by the police.

Traditionalists, clergymen and  Imams who spoke with The Hope in confidence said ladies pants have become the most sought after ingredient by ritualists in their morbid  desire to make money through ritual act.

Those interviewed however kept sealed lips on how the pants  would be manipulated to  yield money for the baron.

Each of the interviewees however  cautioned ladies to be more cautious with their pants,  as to do otherwise could be deadly to the victim.

The  Sapetu of  Ero Kingdom, Chief Agbotifayo Adekunle  warned that more bizarre deeds by desperate ritualists were on the line, like looking for female urine.

Two weeks ago, a cleric caught harvesting human faeces in Igirigiri area of Ado-Ekiti in Ekiti State was lynched  to death.

The suspect  who was stripped naked and paraded round some major streets was later stoned to death by irate mob.

He disclosed that apart from ladies pants, they used menstrual pads, bra and  handkerchief used in  swabbing female bodies are traditional  sacramentals needed by ritualists  for money making.

According to Mrs Rebecca Oyeniyi, a public servant, the trend of stealing pants is now common in the society. “However, many of them especially ladies think that it  is  not happening and not true. Now, even herbalists are coming out to say that it is true indeed.

”She advised young ladies to be careful of where they go to, so that they don’t fall victim to money ritualists  that are on rampage now.

She warned those who are doubting the issue  to be careful as young children are being recruited into the evil venture.

She narrated the story of a teenage boy who was caught taking his mother’s pants with the intention of taking it to a ritualist who had promised  him the sum of N20,000 per pant.

He was allegedly taken to the  palace of the Olupele of  Ipele,  before he was handed over to the police.

Another woman, a Pastor,  blamed the ugly trend on youths that are fixated  on getting rich quickly without much labour.

She expressed the wish that God will arrest those that are involved in the evil venture so as to safeguard the lives of innocent citizens.

She further  advocated that anyone caught in the  act should be executed as the offence ought to be treated like murder, arguing that those who had their pants stolen for ritual purposes would eventually  die.

She called for prayers to avert the ugly trend as those who had stopped wearing pants were given pants  to wear by the ritualists  just to catch their scent before collecting it  back.