Commissioner of Police, Lagos State Police Command, CP Hakeem Odumosu
The Lagos State Police Command Monday disclosed how a 14-year-old nanny, Chiamaka Odo, strangled her employer’s six-month-old baby to death.
The Commissioner of Police in the state, Abiodun Alabi, told newsmen during a press briefing held at the Command Headquarters in the Ikeja area of the state that Odo has confessed to being a member of the Ogoloma cult group in Enugu State.
“On 6/2/2022, a 14-year-old female nanny strangled her mistress’ son, Jayden Osokolo, kept in her custody to death. The suspect, Chiamaka Odo, confessed to be a member of the Ogoloma cult group in Enugu, Enugu State,” he said.
According to Alabi, the teenager who has been arrested, said she had been instructed by the cult group to bring the blood of the infant to the coven.
There has been growing concern about the disturbing trend of teenagers involved in suspected ritual killings.
Last month, 18-year-old Samuel Akpobome allegedly strangled his mother to death and raped her lifeless body at her residence on Market Road, in Ikpoba-Okha area of Delta State.
Akpobome said he was instructed by a native doctor to sleep with his grandmother’s corpse and bring her ears and fingers for N50, 000.
A few weeks ago, Emomotimi Magbisa, 15, Perebi Aweke, 15, and Eke Prince, 15, all boys and natives of Sagbama in Bayelsa State were arrested for trying to use a 13-year-old girl, Comfort, for money ritual.