Man Kills 3-Month-Old Son For Ritual

Started by Shola Sholaz, Sep 20, 2013, 12:40 PM

Shola Sholaz

IN separate cases, two men in Plateau State allegedly sacrificed their children on the altar of anger and money ritual.
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The state Police Command arrested the men along with 13 other suspects, who committed other crimes ranging from car theft, criminal conspiracy, and armed robbery to attempt to steal a vehicle with fabricated master keys.
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One of the suspects, Fwangmun Habakuk, 25, from Mangu Local Government Area was said to have allegedly beaten his two year-old female child (names withheld) to death in a fit of anger, for urinating on the bed.
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However, blaming the devil for his action, Habakuk said he regretted his action.
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Similarly, 20-year-old Polycarp Tajan from Maikatako Village in Bokkos, confessed in an interview with newsmen in Jos, the state capital, that he suffocated his three-month-old baby boy (names withheld) to enable him cut off his tongue for money making ritual. Native doctor's  demand Tajan said his quest for money took him to a native doctor, who asked him to bring the tongue of his first-born child for the ritual.
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He equally blamed his action on the devil, influence of alcohol and greed.
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He said: "I was really in need of money and someone told me about money ritual. I went to meet a native doctor, who demanded the tongue of my first born child.
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"When I came home that day, the baby was on the bed and my wife was cooking in the kitchen. I used the pillow to suffocate the baby."
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Police sources said Tajan's wife raised the alarm that led to the suspect's arrest. The native doctor was still at large.