- Police arrest a 26-year-old man,
Chukwuemeka Okafor, for allegedly
trying to eliminate his father, two
siblings and five of his friends with a
charm - The suspect was arrested following
information made available to the
police by a vigilant resident of the
community - The Anambra state commissioner of
police, Mr Garba Umar says the suspect
would be charged to court after
investigation The police in Anambra have arrested a 26-
year-old man, Chukwuemeka Okafor, for
allegedly attempting to use his father, two
siblings and five friends for money ritual. The suspect, who hailed from Ifite-Awka in
Awka South Local Government Area of
Anambra, was arrested following
information made available to the police by
a vigilant resident of the community, The
News Agency of Nigeria reports (NAN). The commissioner of police in the state, Mr.
Garba Umar, who briefed newsmen in
Amawbia on Thursday on the arrest of the
suspect, said the father had innocently
provided N100, 000 to his son unknown to
him that the son had a devilish intention. Umar said that the suspect lied to his father
about a business which made him raise the
money for him believing that it was a
genuine venture. He further said that after collecting the
money, the suspect proceeded to the house
of a native doctor to prepare a charm that
would enable him to eliminate his father,
two siblings and five of his friends. He said that the suspect had confessed to the
crime, and was assisting the police with
useful information for further investigation. The commissioner said the suspect would be
charged to court after investigation. He listed the items recovered from the
suspect to include; eight photographs of the
victims, including three members of the
family and pictures of his five face book
friends as well as the sum of N100,000. The suspect told newsmen that he collected
the N100, 000 from his father under the
pretence that he would use the money to set
up a business. Okafor told reporters that he was roped into
the act after he was defrauded of N400,000
by one of his friends who promised to take
him to Dubai. “Amidst these frustrations, I sought the
assistance of one Zaki who is very influential
in the society and he told me that he made
his money through money ritual. “He encouraged me to join him in the ritual
act after revealing the secret,” he said. Okafor said he was warned not to reveal the
secrets of the ritual to anybody otherwise
his life would be terminated. He regretted that he had no intention to join
the evil act, but that he was pushed into it by
the devil, adding that he got the picture of his
friends from their Facebook walls. In a another incident, the Rivers state
command of the Nigeria Police Force (NPF) is
reportedly battling to crack the puzzle
concerning how Ifeanyichukwu Dike, the 23- year-old undergraduate accused of ritual
murder, escaped from detention. Dike was paraded recently for allegedly
killing Victory Chikamso, a neighbour’s
daughter and removing vital organs from
her body for ritual purposes. He was caught and handed over to the police
whose officers paraded him and made him
confess. The Sun reports that Dike’s reported
escape is currently causing anger with some
women gearing up for what could become a
mass protest. What a son He his