A 33-year-old suspected ritualist identified as Volt Blessing Gabriel, who was arrested for allegedly beheading his one year eight-month-old son, Godspower Gabriel, has said, that he wass told in his dream to do so.
According to Gabriel, he had a dream where he was told that killing his son will make him wealthy.
Daily Report Nigerai on Saturday, June 25, reported the story of how a man murdered his one year eight months old son for money ritual.
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In a statement released on Sunday, June 26, the spokesperson of the state police command, DSP Bright Edafe, said they got a report from one Mrs Success Oduwa, 24, on Saturday, June 25 at about 10.30am, that her child has been missing since the morning of June 24, and she has been troubling her husband as to the whereabouts of the child.
The husband told her that the child was with his sister who resides in Warri. On getting to Warri, she stated that the child was no were to be found, leading to her suspicion.
She further reported to the Commander, Quick Response Squad, that she is suspecting her husband named, Volt Blessing Gabriel (m) age 33yrs of same address, to have killed their child named Godspower Gabriel (m) aged one year and eight months for ritual purposes.
The Commander RRS detailed operatives who swung into action, arrested the husband and handed him over to the DPO ‘A’ Division Warri for further investigation.
Upon interrogation, the suspect confessed to have murdered the said child at Ewabogun bush by Catholic road, Benin city using hand saw to cut off the head and buried it by a palm tree in the bush and threw away the headless body of the child.”
When quizzed on why he carried out the act, the suspect was quoted as saying he killed the child because of a dream he had where he saw a man who told him that if he kills the child, and uses the child’s blood to rub his head, he will become rich.
The suspect is currently in police custody.
