
The Delta State Police Command has arrested a man named Destiny Lawrence in connection with the kidnapping and death of an eight-year-old boy, Progress Ifeanyi.
The suspect allegedly kidnapped the boy and handed him over to a native doctor who killed him and harvested his organs.
The incident came to light when Progress's father reported the boy's disappearance on December 23, stating that Destiny Lawrence, a regular customer at their shop, was the last person seen with the child.
The police Commissioner, CP Olufemi Abaniwonda, revealed the details while parading the suspect before the media.
‘’On noticing the son was missing, he(the father) asked the said Destiny who denied knowledge of the whereabouts of his son. However later that day, the corpse of his son was found in an uncompleted building and some of his body parts were missing. The suspect was arrested and during interrogation, the suspect confessed that one native Doctor Known as Jonah from Otolokpo community contracted him to look for a small boy for him for the sum of thirty thousand naira (N30,000). ‘’
Abanowonda said the suspect mentioned that he lured the deceased to where the native doctor was waiting, then the native doctor took the deceased to an uncompleted building and slit his throat.
The police boss added that the suspect is in custody while a manhunt for the fleeing native doctor is ongoing
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