An
aggrieved mother has narrated the shocking manner in which her little
son was tricked and brutally murdered for ritual purposes by an Alfa.
The 15-year-old boy confessed after interrogation
A devastated mother has narrated how a 15-year-old boy was paid
N500 by an Islamic cleric to abduct her three-year-old son for money
rituals at the White Sand area of Ijegun, Lagos State.
The woman identified as Mrs. Chinasa Okereke revealed that the
teenager, Simon, their next door neighbour, was able to lure her son,
Chiagozie, away from home because the victim knew and trusted him.
Simon during interrogation, confessed to police that an Alfa in the
community, Kazim (surname withheld), told him to get a three-year-old
child. Simon also confessed that after he took Chiagozie to the Alfa, he
was given N500 for his pains.
According to Vanguard, when the three-year-old was finally located
by detectives from Isheri Police Station, he was already dead. A big
stone was found beside his head and a red cloth tied around his neck.
Okereke, who broke down and wept yesterday at her home while
speaking with our correspondent, said she was not just grieving for her
son, but now scared after three men on motorcycle came to threaten her
and her husband, Augustine Okereke. Recalling how Chiagozie was
kidnapped and killed, Okereke said that it happened on Tuesday.
The little boy killed by the Alfa
The mother of four, who lives in a multi-room building, said that
her oldest child was 10, the second eight, the third was the deceased
while the fourth was just nine-monthold. The oldest child was not around
when Chiagozie was taken.
She explained that on that fateful Tuesday, she brought the
children to the front of the house because she wanted to bathe them.
Leaving the eight-yearold and Chiagozie outside, she briefly stepped
into her apartment to get a wrapper to strap the nine-month-old to her
back. When she came out, Chiagozie was nowhere to be found.
When she asked her eight-year-old daughter the whereabouts of her
little brother, the girl said that Simon took him away. She said: “When
my daughter told me that Simon took Chiagozie, I immediately rushed to
their house, but his guardians said they had been looking for him.
When it was getting late, we went to the police station to tell them that Simon took our son and that we couldn’t find him.” Police took over the case and soon located and arrested Simon. He was taken to the station.
Singing like a bird, he revealed how the Alfa came to pick him and
Chiagozie with a car. When detectives asked questions around the
community, they were told by some residents that they saw the Alfa
driving off with Simon and Chiagozie.
The Alfa after he was caught by the police
The young suspect led police to the scene where the Alfa took him
and Chiagozie. Chiagozie’s body was found on the ground. Asked how
Chiagozie was killed, Simon said that he saw when the Alfa lifted
Chiagozie midair and made some incantations before dropping him to the
ground. The state Commissioner of Police, Fatai Owoseni, alleged that
the Alfa used the deceased for ritual.
He added that the Alfa and Simon had been transferred to the State
Criminal Investigations Department (SCID), Panti, Yaba, Lagos, for
further investigations. He said: “Parents should be proactive and
know the kind of people they leave their kids with. Parents and
guardians shouldn’t allow the economic situation in the country to
affect their vigilance and care towards their kids."
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