A 15-year-old maid, simply identified as Odo Chiamaka, has spoken up following her arrest for allegedly strangling to death a six-month-old baby kept in her care
The suspect disclosed during interrogation that she was instructed by her witchcraft group to donate the child to its coven.
She said:
“I used witchcraft power to kill the baby. When I was in primary school, during break time, one of my friends gave me a packet of biscuits and a drink. At night, I found myself in the Ugolama witchcraft coven. They welcomed me.
I left my village in Agulu, Anambra State on January 7, 2022, for Lagos to work as a nanny in one of my uncles’ homes. Before leaving the village, I was told to donate blood to the coven. But I begged them to give me another assignment that I would not want to shed blood on. So, they said I should be making people sad.
On March 5, 2022, members of the coven appeared to me and said they wanted the child I came to take care of. I begged them to leave him alone but they said they would use my life as a ransom for the baby.
They gave me a bowl that I should call the baby’s name four times, when I did, blood appeared in the bowl and the baby died. The baby was donated to the Ogolama witchcraft coven.
Anytime I wanted to go to church, my members would make me so weak that I would remain at home until the close of the church.”
According to the spokesman for the Lagos State Police Command, Adekunle Ajisebutu, the suspect was arrested alongside others, following a report by her mistress.
