Detectives of Bayelsa State Police Command in collaboration with youths of Sagbama Community have arrested three suspects for attempted ritual killing.
The command’s spokesperson, SP Asinim Butswat, said that their preliminary investigation reveals that the three 15-year-old male suspects namely; Emomotimi Magbisa, Perebi Aweke and Eke Prince, are all natives of the Sagbama Community.
Police said the three teenagers allegedly accosted a 13-year-old girl, Endeley Comfort, and hypnotised her to follow them to the apartment of Emomotimi Magbisa in Sagbama Community.
They were said to have cut her finger and sprinkled the blood on a mirror for ritual purposes.
Butswat said, “Vigilant youths noticed the suspicious movements of the suspects and raised alarm.
“The suspects were subsequently arrested and some substance suspected to be charms were recovered from them.”
According to the spokesperson, the suspects have confessed to the crime.
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“The victim was rescued and rushed to the hospital for medical attention, while the suspects have been transferred to the Anti-kidnapping unit for discreet Investigation,” Butswat added.
He also disclosed that the state’s Commissioner of Police, CP Ben Nebolisa Okolo, lauded the efforts of the community youths for vigilance in the community, and apprehending the suspects.
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