An Islamic cleric popularly known as Alfa has been arrested after he killed a three-year-old boy with a big stone for ritual purposes.
The Lagos State Police Command has arrested a Muslim cleric, Alfa Kazeem Alimson, for killing a three-year-old boy identified as Chigozie Okereke, at the White Sand area of Isheri-Oshun, Ejigbo, a suburb of the state.
Punch reports that the police got the breakthrough after a 15-year-old boy, Simon Kanu, confessed that Alfa Alimson was paid him N500 to lure the infant to his house after which he used a heavy stone to kill the boy in his presence.
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The mother of the murdered boy explained that the baby went missing around 7 pm on Tuesday, March 13, 2017, after she brought him out for his evening bath.
“When I finished bathing the younger one, I went inside to get the wrapper to strap him in order to enable me to bathe the other child. But on getting outside, I didn’t see my baby again.
The sister said he went into my neighbour’s house but I didn’t see him there and when I asked, they said he went out with Simon.
I called my son’s name but there was no response. Later, when we saw Simon that night, I asked him about the whereabouts of my son and he said he did not see him.
Simon took my son, strangled him with his shirt and stoned him to death. He is my third child. I feel hurt. My heart is broken. I need justice.”
The matter was reported to the Isheri Osun Police Division and Kanu was arrested and during his confession, he implicated the Muslim cleric as the brain behind the murder of the baby.
During interrogation, Kanu, a primary six pupil, said that the Alfa took him and the child to an uncompleted building where the boy was murdered with a heavy stone.
“I went to the site and I saw how he killed Chigozie. He tied him up and was making incantation before hitting him with a stone three times.
He said he would kill me if I told anybody. He also showed me his juju knife and that he would use it to kill me if I told anyone. I am not a ritualist; I am a cultist,” Kanu said.
However, Alfa Alimson denied the allegation, claiming that he is not a ritualist but a cult member.
“I was in my house sleeping when I heard people shouting. When I came out, I saw some policemen and when I asked, I was told that they saw a dead child.
I went back inside, and 30 minutes later, the police came back and arrested me. I don’t know the boy and I have never spoken to him.”
But the teenager reportedly interjected and said:
“You are lying. He was giving me sign with his eyes not to talk. I saw you when you were using the stone to hit him until he died.”
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Confirming the incident and the arrest, the Divisional Police Officer of Isheri Osun, CSP Emeodi Camilus, revealed that the boy’s dead body was found in the suspect’s house after a search was conducted.
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