Wednesday, December 18, 2024 - Men of the Delta state police command have arrested a man identified as Destiny Lawrence for allegedly kidnapping an eight-year-old boy and handing him over to a native doctor who k!lled him and harvested his organs.
Parading the suspect before newsmen, the state Commissioner of Police,
CP Olufemi Abaniwonda, said the father of the deceased who is a native of
Owa-Alero (name withheld) had on December 23, reported that his 8yrs old son
Progress Ifeanyi was missing and that the last they heard was that one of their
customers named Destiny Lawrence who usually comes to their shop, went away
with him.
‘’On noticing the son was missing, he(the father) asked the said Destiny
who denied knowledge of the whereabouts of his son. However later that day, the
corpse of his son was found in an uncompleted building and some of his body
parts were missing. The suspect was arrested and during interrogation, the
suspect confessed that one native Doctor Known as Jonah from Otolokpo community
contracted him to look for a small boy for him for the sum of thirty thousand
naira (N30,000). ‘’
Abanowonda said the suspect mentioned that he lured the deceased to
where the native doctor was waiting, then the native doctor took the deceased
to an uncompleted building and slit his throat.
The police boss added that the suspect is in custody while a manhunt for
the fleeing native doctor is ongoing.
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