In a bid to test the potency of his
newly acquired bullet proof ‘juju’, a man, Ornguga Adega, of Agbatse village in
Kwande local government area of Benue State, shot his only son dead while
conducting a gunshot test on the boy.
Sunday Vanguard gathered that the
suspect, who was immediately apprehended by men of the Benue State Police
Command, is currently facing trial at a Makurdi Chief Magistrate Court.
According to the First
Information Report, FIR, by the
police, the suspect and father of the ten- year- old had, in August 2012, bought
some charm from a native doctor with the belief that it was potent enough to
prevent the penetration of bullets into his body. He was said to have rubbed
his ‘bullet proof’ cream on the body of his son in order to verify its efficacy
and potency in line with the instructions of the native doctor from whom he
bought the charm.
According to the FIR, Adega fired a
shot with his single barrel gun on the right leg of his son following which the
bullet shattered the leg and also
penetrated through to the left leg.
The boy was said to have bled
profusely but before his shocked and devastated father could get proper medical
attention for him, the little boy bled to death. When the case came up at the
Makurdi Chief Magistrate Court, police prosecutor, Inspector Gabriel Egbonyi,
said the accused was arrested at the process of investigating the cause of
death of the young boy.
Egbonyi further told the court that
the accused confessed to committing the crime and also acknowledged
responsibility for the unfortunate incident which prompted further police
investigation into the matter. Meanwhile no plea was taken for want of
jurisdiction. However the prosecution said investigation was still in progress
in the matter and asked for another date for hearing. The Chief Magistrate, Mr
Dan Ogoh, ordered that the accused be remanded in prison custody and adjourned
the case to 12 September.
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