Police arrest ritualist, recover corpse of 8-yr-old daughter
of neighbour
Rivers State Police Command yesterday, took custody of a
23-year-old man, Ifeanyichukwu Maxwell Dike, who was arrested by members of a
vigilance group in the Eliozu area in Port Harcourt, Rivers State, while he was
on the way to dispose the body of his neighbour’s daughter after using other
parts of her body for ritual.
Sunday Sun gathered that the suspect abducted the
eight-year-old victim, Victory Chikamso on Friday, raped, killed and removed
some parts of her body for ritual. When he was arrested by the vigilance group,
he was carrying the remains of the corpse in a bag.
Confirming the incident, the Police Public Relations Officer
in the state, DSP Nnamdi Omoni, told newsmen that the suspect who was residing
at Messiah Street, Eliozu, Port Harcourt was arrested by men of the Okporo
Police Station.
He said that Dike abducted the little girl, who lived with
her parents at the same address on Friday.
“The little girl was abducted, defiled and killed, while her
vagina, eyes, tongue and breast were removed and put in a polythene bag.
“The suspect was going to dispose of the body, when he was
arrested by members of a local vigilance group that suspected his movement. On
being questioned, the suspect dropped the bag and took to his heels.
“Consequently, the vigilantes gave the suspect a hot chase
and apprehended him. On further interrogation by the Police, he confessed and
took the Police to where the vital organs were concealed,” Omoni said.
He, however, disclosed that the body and the organs of the
victim had been recovered and deposited in the mortuary, while the suspect was
helping the Police in the investigation.
In a related development, operatives from the Azikiwe Police
Station on stop-and-search duty at the Eagle Island Sandfill, on Friday,
intercepted a Toyota Avalon salon car with Reg. No. WER 767 CN with three occupants, namely, Ignatius
Opara, Aniebiet Daniel and Lawson
Basoene.
On searching the car the police recovered one locally made
pistol with two 7.62mm live ammunition which were hidden under the driver’s
seat.
The Police further said interrogation revealed that the
suspects had stolen the car from where it was packed at Amadi Ama.
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