- His wife, whose identity wasn’t divulged as of press time, said the man has been acting strangely, living flamboyantly and spending extravagantly
In Edo State, one Emmanuel Ovwarueso has allegedly beheaded his daughter for money ritual in Benin City.
The culprit has since been arrested by operatives of the Edo State Security Network.
He was nabbed in Uteh, Upper Mission, where he resides last Thursday close to midnight with the head of the deceased in a polythene bag.
He reportedly carried out the heinous act in the presence of his wife whom he tied and gagged.
His wife, whose identity wasn’t divulged as of press time, said the man has been acting strange and living flamboyantly and spending extravagantly as he relished the prospect of his soon-to-be wealthy man.
She said, “My husband’s attitude changed recently. He kept saying I should not look at him like a poor man anymore.
“At his place of work, he was buying drinks for everyone as if he was celebrating. Even his co-workers were surprised at his new spending style. He even told them that his money was very near. We never knew he had plans to use our daughter for a ritual.”
A member of the ESSN, who spoke on the condition of anonymity, said they had accosted the man after sighting him last Thursday night walking unusually fast with a bag that contained what turned out to be a human head.
He said “We saw him that Thursday night with a bag, walking so fast like he was rushing to catch a flight. We stopped him, but he resisted. We asked what was inside the bag, he said it was his food. So, we searched the bag and found a human head inside it.
“We interrogated him and from the way he was talking, it was obvious he was hiding something. So, we took him to his house, and we met his wife tied down. We untied her and asked who tied her, she said it was her husband. She told us that her husband tied her down with a rope before killing their daughter.
“The suspect then took us to the place where he buried the little girl’s body in a shallow grave and the body of the girl was exhumed immediately.”
The suspect has since been handed over to the Nigeria Police, Edo State Command for further investigation
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