The Delta State Police Command says it has arrested a murder suspect and ritualist over the killing of an 8 -year- old boy, identified as Ifeanyi at Owa-Alero in Ika North East Local Government Area of Delta State.
It was learnt that the boy was sold to a herbalist by one Destiny Lawrence on November 23, 2024.
The state Commissioner of Police, Olufemi Abaniwonda made this known while addressing journalists in Asaba on Tuesday.
Abaniwonda disclosed that the suspect kidnapped the deceased, while his corpse was later found in an uncompleted building with some of his body parts missing.
He asserted that the suspect confessed that one native doctor known as Jonah from Otolokpo community contracted him to look for a small boy for him for the sum of N30,000.
“On 23/11/2024, a native of Owa-Alero (name withheld) reported that his 8-year- old son, Progress Ifeanyi was missing and that the last they heard was that one of their customers, named Destiny Lawrencez who usually comes to their shop to patronize them went away with him.
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“But on noticing the son was missing, he asked the said Destiny who denied knowledge of the whereabouts of his son. However later that day, the corpse of his son was found in an uncompleted building and some of his body parts were missing.
“The suspect, Destiny Lawrence was arrested and during interrogation, the suspect confessed that one native doctor known as Jonah from Otolokpo community contracted him to look for a small boy for him for the sum of N30,000.
“He then lured the deceased to where the native doctor was waiting, then the native doctor took the deceased to an uncompleted building and slit his throat. The suspect is in custody while a manhunt for the fleeing native doctor is ongoing,” the police stated.
