Man Who Killed His Son In Edo Said He Was Instructed To Do So To Become Rich –Police

Man, who killed his one year and eight month old son, Godspower Gabriel in Edo State, has said that he did so because of a dream he had, where he saw a man who told him that, if he kills the child, and use the child’s blood to rub his head, he will become rich.

The suspect, Volt Blessing Gabriel, said this in his confessional statement to the police in Delta State.

Meanwhile, the Delta Police Command said he was arrested in Warri.

This was disclosed in a statement by the Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), DSP Bright Edafe.

According to the police image maker, the arrest of the suspected ritualist/murder suspect was made on Friday.

The statement said: “On 25/06/2022, at about 1030 hrs, one Mrs Success Oduwa ‘f’ age 24yrs of Peanuts junction, Obeh in Edo State, discovered that she has not seen their child since the morning of 24/6/2022 and started troubling the husband as to the whereabout of the child. The husband told her that the child is with his sister in Warri. On getting to Warri, she stated that she discovered the husband was lying to her, hence her suspicion.

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“She reported to the Commander, Quick Response Squad, that she is suspecting her husband named, Volt Blessing Gabriel (m) age 33yrs of same address, to have killed their child named Godspower Gabriel (m) aged one year and eight months for ritual purposes. The Commander RRS detailed operatives who swung into action, arrested the husband and handed him over to the DPO ‘A’ Division Warri for further investigation. Upon interrogation, suspect confessed to have murdered the said child at Ewabogun bush by Catholic road, Benin city using hand saw to cut off the head and buried it by a palm tree in the bush and threw away the headless body of the child.”