{"id":38075,"date":"2021-05-26T04:12:45","date_gmt":"2021-05-26T03:12:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/?p=38075"},"modified":"2021-05-26T04:12:45","modified_gmt":"2021-05-26T03:12:45","slug":"34-year-old-man-kills-roommate-sells-body-parts-to-pastor-for-rituals-in-bayelsa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2021\/05\/26\/34-year-old-man-kills-roommate-sells-body-parts-to-pastor-for-rituals-in-bayelsa\/","title":{"rendered":"34-year-old man kills roommate, sells body parts to pastor for rituals in Bayelsa"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A 34-year-old man, Okpegboro Avwerosuo, has been arrested by the police for allegedly killing his roommate, dismembering the body and selling the vital organs to a pastor for ritual purposes in Bayelsa state.<\/p>\n<p>It was gathered that the incident happened at Mile 2 Sagbama Town, Sagbama Local Government Area of Bayelsa State over the weekend.<\/p>\n<p>Avwerosuo, who hails from Ughelli North, Delta State, had invited the deceased to come to Sagbama to join the motorcycling business and assured him that the business is flourishing because of the Isaac Jasper Adaka Boro College of Education (IJBCOE) sited in the area.<\/p>\n<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-38082 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2021\/05\/kunlenet07\/2021\/05\/26\/Bayelsa-Killer.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"612\" height=\"816\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2021\/05\/kunlenet07\/2021\/05\/26\/Bayelsa-Killer.jpg 612w, https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2021\/05\/kunlenet07\/2021\/05\/26\/Bayelsa-Killer-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 612px) 100vw, 612px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>According to a neighbor, who spoke to Nigerian Tribune, when the deceased arrived in the town, he hadn\u2019t stayed for more than two weeks when Okpegboro struck him with a mortar pestle in the middle of the night, crushing his skull and killing him in the process.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-38077 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2021\/05\/kunlenet07\/2021\/05\/26\/BKO.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"720\" height=\"960\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2021\/05\/kunlenet07\/2021\/05\/26\/BKO.jpg 720w, https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2021\/05\/kunlenet07\/2021\/05\/26\/BKO-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 720px) 100vw, 720px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-38078 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2021\/05\/kunlenet07\/2021\/05\/26\/BKO-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1000\" height=\"750\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2021\/05\/kunlenet07\/2021\/05\/26\/BKO-2.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2021\/05\/kunlenet07\/2021\/05\/26\/BKO-2-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2021\/05\/kunlenet07\/2021\/05\/26\/BKO-2-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2021\/05\/kunlenet07\/2021\/05\/26\/BKO-2-86x64.jpg 86w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;After killing him, he <a href=\"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2021\/04\/24\/why-businessman-whose-wife-raised-only-n40000-out-of-n5m-ransom-was-beheaded-suspect\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">dismembered<\/a> the body, preserved the vital organs and put the other parts in separate sacks which he disposed of in the early hours of the following day. While he was disposing of the sacks, another neighbour who saw him and suspected his movements confronted him later in the afternoon about the whereabouts of his roommate,&#8221; the neighbour narrated.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The suspect claimed that the deceased has travelled back to Delta State for an urgent business. Not satisfied with his response, the neighbour forced his way into the room and saw bloodstains everywhere. The neighbour held him down and alerted the local <a href=\"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2021\/05\/03\/ogun-vigilante-narrates-how-he-was-shot-about-20-times-by-bandits\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">vigilante<\/a> which eventually called the police in to arrest the suspect.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-38079\" src=\"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2021\/05\/kunlenet07\/2021\/05\/26\/BKO3.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"960\" height=\"720\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2021\/05\/kunlenet07\/2021\/05\/26\/BKO3.jpg 960w, https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2021\/05\/kunlenet07\/2021\/05\/26\/BKO3-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2021\/05\/kunlenet07\/2021\/05\/26\/BKO3-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2021\/05\/kunlenet07\/2021\/05\/26\/BKO3-86x64.jpg 86w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 960px) 100vw, 960px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Upon interrogation, before he was handed over to the police, the suspect confessed that he had sold the vital organs of his friend to a pastor in Port Harcourt who is currently at large for ritual purposes.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The State Police Command spokesman, SP Asinim Butswat, who confirmed the incident said:<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe suspect one Okpegboro Avwerosuo \u2018M\u2019 Age 34 Years from Ughelli North, Delta State. He is detained at SCID for further investigation. The name of the victim is yet unknow.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-38081\" src=\"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2021\/05\/kunlenet07\/2021\/05\/26\/BKO5.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"960\" height=\"720\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2021\/05\/kunlenet07\/2021\/05\/26\/BKO5.jpg 960w, https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2021\/05\/kunlenet07\/2021\/05\/26\/BKO5-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2021\/05\/kunlenet07\/2021\/05\/26\/BKO5-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2021\/05\/kunlenet07\/2021\/05\/26\/BKO5-86x64.jpg 86w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 960px) 100vw, 960px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The Chairman of SALGA, Hon. Embeleakpo P. Alale on Tuesday, May 25, visited a murder scene at Sagbama. He was accompanied by The Divisional Police Officer (DPO) Sagbama, CSP Numoupeide Ben, the Paramount Ruler of Sagbama HRH Moses Ojo Magbisa and a Chief of Tungbabiri Community Pereagbe P. Pereagbe.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-38083\" src=\"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2021\/05\/kunlenet07\/2021\/05\/26\/BKO-6.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"960\" height=\"720\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2021\/05\/kunlenet07\/2021\/05\/26\/BKO-6.jpg 960w, https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2021\/05\/kunlenet07\/2021\/05\/26\/BKO-6-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2021\/05\/kunlenet07\/2021\/05\/26\/BKO-6-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2021\/05\/kunlenet07\/2021\/05\/26\/BKO-6-86x64.jpg 86w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 960px) 100vw, 960px\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A 34-year-old man, Okpegboro Avwerosuo, has been arrested by the police for allegedly killing his roommate, dismembering the body and selling the vital organs to a pastor for ritual purposes in Bayelsa state. It was gathered that the incident happened at Mile 2 Sagbama Town, Sagbama Local Government Area of Bayelsa State over the weekend. 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