- The police is also hot on the heels of a fugitive native doctor whom the suspect was working with.
In Delta State, one Destiny Lawrence has been apprehended for allegedly killing an eight-year-old boy, Progress Ifeanyi.
The suspect has since been incarcerated by the police over the incident that happened in Owa-Alero community.
The police is also hot on the heels of a fugitive native doctor whom the suspect was working with.
The native doctor simply identified as Jonah was said to have contracted the suspect to bring the deceased boy to him for the sum of N30,000.
In a statement by Police Public Relations Officer, SP Bright Edafe, the deceased was reported missing late last month and was last seen with the suspect.
The Police image maker said, “On 23/11/2024, a native of Owa-Alero (name withheld) reported that his 8yrs old son, Progress Ifeanyi was missing and that the last they heard was that one of their customers named Destiny Lawrence who usually come to their shop to patronize them went away with him.
“But on noticing the son was missing, he asked the said Destiny who denied knowledge of the whereabouts of his son.”
According to Edafe, “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, one Destiny Lawrence 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 N30,000.
“He then 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.”
Edafe added that, “The suspect is in custody while a manhunt for the fleeing native doctor is ongoing.”