In a bid to test the potency of his newly
acquired bullet proof ‘juju’, a man,
Ornguga Adega, of Agbatse village in
Kwande local government area of Benue
State, shot his only son dead while
conducting a gunshot test on the boy.
Sunday Vanguard gathered that the
suspect, who was immediately
apprehended by men of the Benue State
Police Command, is currently facing trial at
a Makurdi Chief Magistrate Court.
According to the First Information Report,
FIR, by the police, the suspect and father
of the ten- year- old had, in August 2012,
bought some charm from a native doctor
with the belief that it was potent enough
to prevent the penetration of bullets into
his body.
He was said to have rubbed his ‘bullet
proof’ cream on the body of his son in
order to verify its efficacy and potency in
line with the instructions of the native
doctor from whom he bought the charm.
According to the FIR, Adega fired a shot
with his single barrel gun on the right leg of
his son following which the bullet
shattered the leg and also penetrated
through to the left leg.
The boy was said to have bled profusely but
before his shocked and devastated father
could get proper medical attention for him,
the little boy bled to death.
When the case came up at the Makurdi
Chief Magistrate Court, police prosecutor,
Inspector Gabriel Egbonyi, said the accused
was arrested at the process of investigating
the cause of death of the young boy.
Egbonyi further told the court that the
accused confessed to committing the
crime and also acknowledged responsibility
for the unfortunate incident which
prompted further police investigation into
the matter.
Meanwhile no plea was taken for want of
jurisdiction. However the prosecution said
investigation was still in progress in the
matter and asked for another date for
hearing.
The Chief Magistrate, Mr Dan Ogoh, ordered
that the accused be remanded in prison
custody and adjourned the case to 12
September.