by ‘Jola Sotubo
4 persons suspected to be ritual killers have been arrested by operatives of the Enugu State Police Command after it was alleged that they took the life of a child.
The suspects were apprehended on suspicion of abducting, beheading and cutting the private parts of the five-year-old boy before dumping him in a water tank.
The victim, identified as Promise Osakwe, had reportedly been missing from his home since the 11th of October when he was kidnapped by unknown persons.
The Eagle Online reports:
This arrest was contained in a statement signed by Ebere Amaraizu, the Police Public Relations Officer in Enugu State on Friday.
Amaraizu said the victim, was abducted by unknown persons at his home town in Aninri on Oct. 11.
The deceased body was later found in water tank, without the head and the private parts.
The suspects from Aninri Local Government Area of Enugu State were nabbed in connection with the crime.
In a related development, the police have successfully rescued one Chinenye Onyia of Udi in Enugu State form the grip of kidnappers.
Onyia was earlier reported by the husband as having been allegedly kidnapped by unknown persons on October 16 and was rescued in Gboko, Benue State.
The police gathered that the victim had been staying with the said James Terkula in Gboko “on a self arranged kidnapping” under the guise that the husband had not been taking good care of her.
