Police Confirms Arrest Of 42 Year-Old Man Who Killed Little Girl For Money Ritual In Ondo.

The Nigeria Police Force (NPF), Ondo State Command confirmed the arrest of a 42-year-old man identified as Omosaba Samuel, who beheaded his 3-year-old niece in Ikare Akoko for a ritual.

The beheaded niece was identified as, Sola Adunbarin, on Wednesday evening by the Spokesman of the Ondo State command, Femi Joseph Femi, who confirmed the arrest of Mr. Samuel to SaharaReporters in a telephone interview.

During the interview, Mr. Joseph informed SaharaReporters that the suspect killed the niece as part of a money ritual.

The suspect, according to a confession statement he provided to police, was motivated to kill the young child due to his futile job search.

“He [Mr. Samuel] contacted a traditional doctor [herbalist] in Akoko regarding a money ritual and he was asked to bring the fresh head of a little girl and the  sum of N10, 000,” Mr. Joseph told SaharaReporters.

Other sources told SaharaReporters that the murder occurred after the mother of the girl, identified as Mrs. Bunmi, left her daughter with her mother-in-law at a nearby building before proceeding to the market for her daily trading.

The mother-in-law allegedly left the young girl in the care of Mr. Samuel.

“The little girl was placed with Mr. Samuel because the mother-in-law was elsewhere. A few minutes later, he murdered the girl and cut off her head with the intention of taking it to the herbalist for the ritual.

“A resident caught Mr. Samuel  as he was placing the head inside a polythene bag, and immediately raised an alarm.  Mr. Samuel was subsequently taken into the custody of security agents,” according to an anonymous source speaking to SaharaReporters.

Community leaders told Saharareporters that the security agents save the murderer after he had confessed to the crime from being lynched by youths who were angered by the unfortunate incident.

The Divisional Police Officer [DPO] in Ikare Akoko, Musiliu Sogbade, informed SaharaReporters that detectives are currently searching for the traditional doctor who remains at large.