by Admin | Feb 1, 2017 | Blog |
Follow @NigeriaPI A 40-year-old man, Anyanime Festus, has been arrested by the Cross River State Police Command for allegedly feeding his 11-year-old twin daughters with poison over allegations of witchcraft. CrossRiverWatch reports that Festus poisoned his daughters in a community in Akampka Local Government Area of the state because he was told they were responsible for his parents’ death. It was gathered that the suspect had taken the children to a bush in the community and forced them to drink a black substance believed to be poison, which led to their death on January 10 and 11, 2017. A community source who spoke on the incident said: “The man told us that his daughters confessed to being witches and that he had no choice other than to kill them before they killed him. So, he mixed acid with malt, took the twins to a bush path and gave them the substance to drink.” Another resident of the area said the suspect had neglected the children even before he killed them. “The twins were always wandering the streets. When brought back home by strangers, Festus usually chased them out again without food. Sometimes they were locked up and not given food for days.” Investigations by the police also revealed that before the day he murdered the kids, the girls had been incarcerated for about three days before he let them out under the pretense of taking them to school, only for him to take them to the bush and kill them. The State Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), ASP Irene Ugbo, who confirmed the incident, said since the incident happened...
by Admin | Feb 1, 2017 | Blog |
Follow @NigeriaPI The Zone 5 Police Command has arraigned three female members of a suspected child trafficking gang at an Effuru Magistrates’ Court in Delta. The Zonal Police Public Relations Officer (ZPPRO), DPS Emeka Iheanacho, made the disclosure in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Tuesday in Benin. Iheanacho said the court had ordered that the suspects be remanded in prison. He gave the names of the suspects as Cynthia Ogbeide, 37; Chioma Douglas, 40, and Onome Paul 66. “They are being tried on allegations of abduction, exploitative labour and human trafficking of a minor and others.” “Their arrest and arraignment followed a petition by the minor, a 16-year old female, who allegedly escaped from her captives at Okere in Warri.’’ Iheanacho explained that the petitioner had allegedly met with Ogbeide, the leader of the gang, on social media–Face book. The spokesman said the duo became friends, prompting Ogbeide to invite the petitioner to Warri for a visit with a view to getting her a job. “The petitioner after spending few days without the hope of any job, told her host that she wanted to return to Benin.” “At which point the suspect threatened the petitioner that nobody will visit her and she will not leave the apartment.’’ Iheanacho said that the petitioner narrated how Ogbeide had similarly, brought several other women, whom she alleged were serially abused and exploited. “Acting on credible information that the suspects had perfected plans to sell her and others to unknown persons, the petitioner escaped and returned to Benin and petitioned the AIG, accusing the suspects of human trafficking...
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