The police in Enugu State have detained 4 ritual suspects for abducting and beheading a five-year-old boy, then cutting his private parts and dumping him in water tank.
It was made known by Mr Ebere Amaraizu, the Police Public Relations Officer, in Enugu on Friday.
According to his words, the victim Promise Osakwe, was abducted by unknown people at his home town in Aninri on October 11.
The body of the boy without the head and the private parts was later found in a water tank.
The suspects from Aninri Local Government Area of Enugu State were nabbed in connection with the crime.
In a related development the police have successfully rescued one Chinenye Onyia of Udi in Enugu State form the grip of kidnappers.
Onyia was earlier reported by the husband as having been allegedly kidnapped by unknown persons on October 16, and was rescued in Gboko, Benue.
The police gathered that the victim had been staying with the said James Terkula in Gboko “on a self arranged kidnapping” under the guise that the husband had not been taking good care of her.
