Suspected Police Ritualist Ties Up 8 Year Old Girl and Stabbed Her Head With Knife (PICTURED)
A mobile policeman in Lagos who is now on the run after a young girl,
Amarachi, was found bleeding and bound under his bed, is being hunted by the
Nigerian Police.
Gbuchenge Augustine is alleged to have sent 8-year-old Amarachi on an errand
and after she returned proceeded to bind her with ropes and hit her on the
head with a knife leading to a gash on her skull.
The incident occurred on Olufowobi Street in the Ikosi, Ketu area of the
state after a search for the girl led to the discovery that she had been
shoved under the officer’s bed.
According to Vanguard
Amarachi was last seen at about 4pm on Thursday, after going on an errand
for the Mobile Policeman identified as Corporal , with Force number
400823. The Policeman lives in the same compound with parents of the girl
at 1, Olufowobi Street.
But apprehension set in after her father, Mr Patrick Abakwan, returned at
about 7.30pm and requested to see his daughter.
Speaking with Vanguard, Abakwan said: “The first person I sought after
when I came back was Amarachi. I was told she had gone to sleep. But when I went
inside, I did not see her. I only met her mother who was with a
visitor.
“At that point, we went outside to look for her in the midst of other
children who were playing. One of them told me that olopa (policeman) sent
her to buy akara (beans cake).
“One of the children even said he saw olopa carrying my daughter while
she was asleep into his room. I peeped into Augustine’s room and also
placed my mouth on the key hole and shouted my child’s name but there was
no response.
“At that point, he came out and said my child was not there. I
thereafter, went round the neigbourhood in search of her. When I came
back, I was told olopa left the room in anger after my wife confronted him
to tell her all he knew about our missing daughter.
“They said he angrily left the compound, saying he was going to report at
the station that he was being accused of kidnap.”
“At that point, some curious residents were said to have peeped through
the room, where to their amazement, they saw someone bound in both legs
and hands, struggling to free herself.
“Policemen from Ketu were reportedly contacted following which the door
of the mobile policeman’s apartment was forced open only to find the girl
in a pool of her blood.
“When we went inside the room with the policemen, Amarachi’s body was
under the bed. Only her legs were outside and she was still struggling
slowly to free herself. She could not talk.
“The policeman had twisted her neck and used an object to break her skull
thinking she would die in the process but God saved her. We rushed her to
Dafe Medical Hospital where they refused to admit her before taking her to
the Island General Hospital.”
When Vanguard visited the hospital, Amarachi was seen with a plaster on
her head and a neck crest.
According to her, “he first sent me to buy him akara and later recharge
card. When I came back, he asked me to wait a while. Later I heard my
father calling me. I told him I was going to meet my father and collect
what he bought for me from work.
“But he grabbed me and laid me on the floor, saying he would kill me if I
shouted. He tied my mouth with a cloth and also tied my neck. He later
brought a knife and hit me on the head. That is all I remembered until I
woke up and found myself in the hospital.”
Residents of the area accused the fleeing Mobile policeman of being a
ritualist. Their accusation followed the discovery of several children’s
clothes and shoes reportedly found under his bed.
One of the residents said: “He packed into the compound four years ago.
Since then, he has always been travelling every time. He has four cars.
Most nights, we usually see him carrying a Ghana Must go into his jeep,
only to return at about 4 a.m.
“He just came back from one of the trips on Thursday. We suspect he
intended using the girl for ritual because a Ghana must Go bag with which
he wanted to put the butchered body was found in the room.”
Contacted, spokeswoman for the Lagos State Police Command, Ngozi Braide,
said: “I heard about the wicked act and we have started investigation.
“I have contacted the Commander in charge of Mopol 22 which is where the
complainant alleged the suspect is working. The Commander said there was
no such name or identity in his squadron.
“Meanwhile, we have sent signals to other police departments and stations
to ascertain if this man is actually a serving policeman. The act is
inhuman and whoever did that will never go unpunished.”
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