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Man allegedly kills 7-year-old son for money ritual in Enugu
A man identified as Chidi Onyishi has been arrested by the Enugu state police command for allegedly murdering his 7-year-old son for money ritual.
The 36-year-old according to the state police command spokesperson, Daniel Ndukwe, on Thursday had after killing the boy went to the station to report him missing.
According to Ndukwe, “Following the receipt of credible information in an ongoing case of a missing child, Police Operatives attached to the Central Police Station (CPS) of Enugu State Command, on 06/11/2021 at about 1910hrs, arrested one Chidi Onyishi aged 36 (male), of Taylor Avenue, Coal Camp, Enugu, for allegedly being responsible for the disappearance and murder for money ritual, of his seven-year-old son, Chimdalu Chidi, whom he had also reported to the Police on 22/10/2021 as missing.
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“Preliminary investigation reveals that he confessed to the crime and led Police Operatives to the arrest of one Pastor Okeke Eneokwor aged 95 (male), who is said to be blind and of Dental Avenue, Trans-Ekulu, Enugu; whom he fingered as an accomplice.
“He also led Police Operatives and medical team to a stream in Abakpa-Nike, Enugu, where the decomposing corpse of the minor was exhumed from a shallow grave, after him and cohorts murdered and buried the child on 20/10/2021.
“Meanwhile, the Commissioner of Police, CP Abubakar Lawal, has ordered the State CID Enugu to conduct a thorough and conclusive investigation that will lead to the prosecution of everyone found culpable in the act”.
