ZZAn aggrieved mother has narrated the
shocking manner in which her little son
was tricked and brutally murdered for
ritual purposes by an Alfa.
The 15-year-old boy confessed after interrogation
A devastated mother has narrated how a
15-year-old boy was paid N500 by an
Islamic cleric to abduct her three-year-old
son for money rituals at the White Sand
area of Ijegun, Lagos State.
The woman identified as Mrs. Chinasa
Okereke revealed that the teenager, Simon,
their next door neighbour, was able to lure
her son, Chiagozie, away from home
because the victim knew and trusted him.
Simon during interrogation, confessed to
police that an Alfa in the community,
Kazim (surname withheld), told him to get
a three-year-old child. Simon also
confessed that after he took Chiagozie to
the Alfa, he was given N500 for his pains.
According to Vanguard, when the three-
year-old was finally located by detectives
from Isheri Police Station, he was already
dead. A big stone was found beside his
head and a red cloth tied around his neck.
Okereke, who broke down and wept
yesterday at her home while speaking with
our correspondent, said she was not just
grieving for her son, but now scared after
three men on motorcycle came to threaten
her and her husband, Augustine Okereke.
Recalling how Chiagozie was kidnapped
and killed, Okereke said that it happened
on Tuesday.
The little boy killed by the Alfa
The mother of four, who lives in a multi-
room building, said that her oldest child
was 10, the second eight, the third was the
deceased while the fourth was just nine-
monthold. The oldest child was not around
when Chiagozie was taken.
She explained that on that fateful Tuesday,
she brought the children to the front of the
house because she wanted to bathe them.
Leaving the eight-yearold and Chiagozie
outside, she briefly stepped into her
apartment to get a wrapper to strap the
nine-month-old to her back. When she
came out, Chiagozie was nowhere to be
found.
When she asked her eight-year-old
daughter the whereabouts of her little
brother, the girl said that Simon took him
away. She said: “When my daughter told me
that Simon took Chiagozie, I immediately rushed to
their house, but his guardians said they had been
looking for him.
When it was getting late, we went to the police
station to tell them that Simon took our son and
that we couldn’t find him.” Police took over the
case and soon located and arrested Simon.
He was taken to the station.
Singing like a bird, he revealed how the
Alfa came to pick him and Chiagozie with a
car. When detectives asked questions
around the community, they were told by
some residents that they saw the Alfa
driving off with Simon and Chiagozie.
The Alfa after he was caught by the police
The young suspect led police to the scene
where the Alfa took him and Chiagozie.
Chiagozie’s body was found on the ground.
Asked how Chiagozie was killed, Simon
said that he saw when the Alfa lifted
Chiagozie midair and made some
incantations before dropping him to the
ground. The state Commissioner of Police,
Fatai Owoseni, alleged that the Alfa used
the deceased for ritual.
He added that the Alfa and Simon had been
transferred to the State Criminal
Investigations Department (SCID), Panti,
Yaba, Lagos, for further investigations. He
said: “Parents should be proactive and know the
kind of people they leave their kids with. Parents
and guardians shouldn’t allow the economic
situation in the country to affect their vigilance
and care towards their kids.”
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