| Nigeria: Enugu Community in Turmoil Over Suspected Ritual Murder of 4-Year-Old Boy |
| Reverend Pastor Charles Nwachukwu Ejim of All Nations for Christ Bible Church, Akpugo, Nkanu West Local Government Area of Enugu State and his wife, Charity, have given a graphic and pathetic detail of how their last child, four-year-old Marvelous Ugochukwu Ejim was cunningly picked by a trusted friend of the family and subsequently had his throat slashed with a knife. The blood of the lad was apparently collected by his killer(s) for ritual purpose since there was no trace of blood around the spot inside the bush where the body was dumped, nor was there any stain or drop of blood on the boy's clothes; and there was no part of his body missing, according to parents of the murdered boy. Marvelous, before he was reportedly kidnapped and slaughtered on Thursday, April 25, 2013, allegedly by one Chijindu Ewo, 23, was a Nursery 3 pupil at the Central Primary School, Umatugbuoma, Akegbe-Ugwu. Chijindu is now cooling off inside police cell at the Enugu State Police Command in the state capital. He is helping homicide detectives to unravel the real motive behind the said murder, our reporter was informed. Umuatugbuoma is a remote autonomous community created out from the old Akaegbe-Ugwu, in the Nkanu West council area of the | state. The community has been known for infamous acts in the past to the point that non-indigenes and indigenes as well fear the area. Serious crimes, armed banditry, fearful masquerades; occult, voodoo practices and killings are usually linked to the area. Although some churches and other religious groups are said to have been fighting against the ugly practices, such wicked acts have not abetted. One of the most notorious armed robbers the state has produced in this century, fondly called Ngwu Ekere Omu, also hailed from the community. The robber was, however, reportedly killed in a bloody shootout with security forces some years back. continued |
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