A
41-year-old suspected cultist, kidnapper and ritualist, Onwuzuruike
Nwakaogwu, has confessed to his involvement in a cult group popularly
called Dey-Well at Igwuruta village, Ikwerre Local Government area of
Rivers State, just as he revealed the identity of the deceased whose
skull was found with him as Victoria.
The
suspect claimed his efforts at getting money from the skull yielded
fruit before his arrest as he said that it used to spew out N10, N20,
N50 notes whenever he poured ‘kain kain’ (alcoholic drink) on the skull
before reciting incantations.
But
his efforts at repeating the same act in the presence of newsmen after
alcoholic drink was given him yielded no result as the skull remained as
it was without bringing out money.
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Speaking
with newsmen on the arrest of the suspect, the Commissioner of Police
in State, Mr Tunde Ogunsakin, said that SARS operatives, headed by Tunji
Disu, a Chief Superintendent of Police, received an intelligence report
on the activities of some ritualists at Igwuruta vilage in April, 2014.
He disclosed that the Officer-in- Charge raised a team, led by
Inspector David Ameh, and assigned it the duty of gathering more
information on the activities of the suspected ritualists.
The
commissioner said the operatives were able to get information about the
leader of the suspected group in the person of Nwakaogwu in May but
efforts to arrest him proved abortive as he was always on the run.
However,
the security agents’ moves yielded fruit on Monday, June 23 when a
combined team of Metro Intelligence, Metro Storm and Bomb Squad of C4One
section went to the suspect’s hideout at Omuwenyi in Igwuruta village
and arrested him, Ogunsakin added.
He
said that items recovered from Nwakaogwu included a local pump action
gun, four live cartridges and human skull surrounded by bitter kola and
neatly kept in a corner of his one-room apartment.
“Upon
investigation, it was discovered that the skull was that of a lady who
was murdered by the suspect and his gang. The suspect also admitted to
using the skull as a medium to get rich, claiming that the skull talked
whenever he performed libation on it, and would give him naira notes in
N10, N20 and N50 denomination. The suspect also confessed his membership
of a brutal cult group ‘Dey-Well’, the police commissioner stated
further, saying that investigations were still ongoing.
Speaking
with Crime Reports at the premises of Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS)
unit in Port Harcourt, Rivers State, Nwakaogwu said he went for the
head two years after Victoria was killed so that it could yield him
money. The commercial bus driver told Crime Reports: “It is true the
police found the human skull in my room. I was the one who kept it
there. The gun and live cartridges that they also found in my room
belong to me. I am a hunter so I use them for hunting.”
On
how he came about the skull, Nwakaogwu said: “I saw it in the bush about
two weeks before my arrest. I was in the bush on ‘patrol’ when I came
across the skull by luck. I know the lady to whom the skull belonged.
Her name was Victoria and she was a tenant in our village. She was from
Imo State. I learnt she went to steal cassava in the farm and she was
beaten to death, after which she was roasted. The incident occurred over
two years ago.
“I
was not around on that day but learnt about it when I returned to the
village. When I stumbled on the skull two weeks ago, I decided to pick
since nobody was in need of it. I took it to my room and kept it there.
Anytime I had alcoholic drink, I poured it on the skull, waiting for it
to bring money that I could use.
“Since
I got the skull, I had been able to get N4,000, but not at once. It
used to be in N10, N20, N50 notes. I did not know how and from where the
money used to come because I would have locked my door. I usually met
the money on the floor in the corner of my room where I kept the skull. I
surrounded it with bitter kola so as to prevent ants from destroying
it.”
The
suspect also confessed further: “I belong to Dey-Well cult group which I
joined in 1995. I am an ordinary member. I joined the cult group so
that I could get help from other members anytime I had problem. We help
one another during ceremonies like burial. That doesn’t stop me from
going to church as a Christian.
“I
started smoking marijuana since five years ago but I am not a kidnapper
as is being said. I was once arrested by Elembu Division over a goat
stolen by my friend. I had no hand in the stealing.”
Saying
that modern day security was his command’s benchmark, Mr Ogunsakin
reiterated his determination to secure the lives and property of
law-abiding citizens of Rivers State, warning that his administration
would not condone any shoddy dealings in the interest of a few.
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