The Police in Enugu State have arrested a suspected ritualist, identified as John Igwe for being in possession of human head.
DAILY POST reports that the suspect was on his way to Abakiliki for money ritual before he was arrested by men of the Enugu State Police Command.
John confessed that he has struggled so much to earn a living but to no avail, adding that he ran into a friend who introduced him to a native doctor.
According to him, “he took me to a native doctor in Abakiliki and I was asked to go and bring human head. I was going there with the human head when I was arrested.”
Asked what he wanted to achieve with the ritual, he said “It is for money; I have suffered so much in life”.
Meanwhile, the Commissioner of Police in the State, Nwodibo Ekechukwu, who paraded him alongside other suspects on Wednesday, said the command had recorded several break-through in its war against criminal elements.
According to the Commissioner, “on 16th of this month, at Amaechi-Idodo, along Enugu-Abakiliki Express Way, our men intercepted a Toyota bus conveying three passengers; on searching the vehicle, they discovered a human head.
“Investigation revealed that one John Igwe from Efiom in Ebonyi State was in possession of the unlawful object.
“On interrogation, he said he had suffered a lot, breaking stones to make a living, and later met a friend, who introduced him to a native doctor, known as Ifeanyi. The native doctor, thereafter, requested him to bring human head for the ritual that will be made available to him”.
Also paraded is an alleged leader of a syndicate, which specializes in manipulating bank data of individuals.
The Commissioner disclosed that the suspects used various means to access personal information of individuals, stressing that “they go to communication service providers and apply for welcome back of registered numbers.
“When they obliged, they ex-communicate the true owners of the numbers so that when their bank account officers try to contacting them to verify some transactions, they can’t be reached”.
While identifying the suspected leader of the syndicate as one Felix Thompson Onyebuchi, an indigene of Obingwa in Abia State, the CP said he came all the way from Lagos to Enugu for the illegal job.
He further stated that the group, who had earlier succeeded in withdrawing the sum of N11m from a customer’s account, was on the verge of withdrawing another N50m, when they were apprehended.
Equally paraded are four pregnant girls, who were arrested alongside an operator of a suspected ‘baby factory’, located at Ogui-Eke in Udi Local Government Area of the State. Ekechukwu disclosed that the suspect, who equally runs a clinic in Enugu metropolis, is in the business of getting teenage girls and keeping them, either already impregnated or impregnating and nurturing them before they are delivered of the babies at the clinic.
He stated that upon delivery of the babies, the suspect, who claims to be a nurse, would pay the girls N10, 000 (ten thousand naira) before selling off the babies at the rate of N300,000 and above.
Meanwhile, when interviewed by journalists, Felix Thompson, who was arrested for alleged fraudulent withdrawal of money from people’s accounts, said he was on the verge of carrying out the act before he was apprehended by the police.
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