Man Arrested for Killing Son for Money Ritual in Delta

A 33-year old man, identified as Volt Blessing Gabriel, has been arrested by the Police in Warri, Delta State, for killing his little son for the purpose of ritual. The ritual was said to have been carried out in Benin-City, Edo State, where the suspected ritualist lived with his 24-year old wife.

Although, the incident occurred in Benin-City on Thursday, the Edo State capital, the mother of the little boy, and wife of the suspect, Mrs. Success Oduwa, reported the matter to the Police in Warri, leading to the husband’s arrest.

According to the Delta State Police Command spokesman, Mr. Bright Edafe (a DSP), the woman had raised the alarm on Saturday when her infant boy suddenly went missing since the previous day, Friday June 24, 2022.

The husband was said to have feigned ignorance of the tragedy his over-ambition has foisted on the family by claiming one of his sisters who resides in Warri had taken Godspower, who was just one year and eight months old, to her place in Warri.

The suspected ritual murderer was said to have later opened up to the police, confessing how he had killed the little son in a bush off Sapele Road, Benin-City and bathed his head with the blood of the innocent child with the hope of getting rich quickly.

Mrs. Oduwa decided to go to Warri following her husband’s cock-and-bull story after the sudden disappearance of her son, Godspower, from their residence at Peanuts Junction, Obeh in Benin-City, Edo State, as she became suspicious of her husband.

“She discovered that she had not seen their child since the morning of 24/6/2022 and started troubling the husband as to the whereabouts of the child.”