Gracious David West, the key suspect arrested Thursday and paraded by the Rivers police command on Friday has said he was forced into killing young girls in hotel rooms to avenge his mother who he said died from illness after she was poisoned by an unknown person.
Making the revelation yesterday while speaking with journalists at the headquarters of the Rivers State Police Command in Port Harcourt, the 39-year-old native of Asari Toru local government, said he was working alone and not for anyone or any group.
“My mother was poisoned and she died of sickness. I am the only son of my father. I don’t have anybody, I work alone, I don’t even have a house,” he stated.
Why talking on why he kills, he said he doesn’t know what usually pushes him.
“I don’t know what is causing that to me, I don’t really know what moves me into doing that but after doing it I start regretting, I start crying why I did it. I even went to Lord Chosen Church close to Obigbo branch. I told the pastor that I kill girls in the hotel that if he can help me that I don’t know what is wrong with me.
“The Pastor invited me to a crusade saying that I should attend and meet the General Overseer that he would help me. I went to the crusade but there was no chance to see the General Overseer and the Pastor asked me to go that he could not help me.
West was said to be an ex-militant. Information reaching Tribune Online revealed he was rehabilitated by the popular Omega Prayer Ministry OPM and assisted to secure a job but stole the property of the organisation and absconded before returning to crime.
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