In
a bid to test the potency of his newly acquired bullet proof charm locally
known as ‘juju’, a man, Ornguga Adega, of Agbatse village in Kwande local
government area of Benue State, Nigeria 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 boy,
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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