A certain man has reportedly killed his daughter for ritual in Edo State by beheading her.
He was then arrested after burying her body in a shallow grave in the Uteh Community within the Ikpoba Okha Local Government Area of the state
The suspect, Mr Emmanuel Ovwarueso was apprehended by local vigilance operatives from the Edo State Security Network (ESSN).
Known as Emma One, the Ovwarueso confessed to the ESSN operatives who captured him in the Uteh area of the Upper Mission Road Extension—the same area where he resides with his family.
His chilling confession revealed that he killed his daughter in pursuit of money.
He was said to have tied his wife and carried out the killing in her presence.
ESSN source said:
“We saw him that Thursday night (March 7) with a bag, walking so fast like he was rushing to catch up with a flight.
“We stopped him, but he resisted us. We asked what was inside the bag, he said it was his food.
“So we searched the bag and found a human head inside. We interrogated him and from the way he was talking, it was obvious he was hiding something.
“So we took him to his house and we met his wife tied down. We untied her and asked who tied her, she said it was her husband. She told us that her husband tied her down with a rope before killing their daughter.
“He took us to the place where he buried the little girl’s body in a shallow grave and the body of the girl was exhumed immediately.”
Meanwhile, the suspect has been handed over to the Nigeria Police, Edo State Command for further investigation.
