Ondo State Police Command has arrested a 27-year-old father, Adeniyi Adeleke, for allegedly sleeping with his 10-year-old daughter, Hannah Alo, in order to use her for money rituals.
The command spokesperson, Funmi Odunlami, who disclosed this in a statement on Tuesday, said the suspect confessed he had carnal knowledge of his daughter for money rituals.
Odunlami said ”On 16th April 2022, at about 1440hrs, one Bosede Alo ‘f’ of Idoani reported at the Idoani Division, that sometimes in the month of March 2022, at about 1500hrs, one Adeniyi Adeleke ‘m’ age 27years called her daughter Hannah Alo ‘f’ age 10years old to his room and forcefully have carnal knowledge with her.
“On receipt of the information, Detectives swung into action and arrested the suspect, upon interrogation he confessed to having committed the crime that he wanted to use her for money ritual.”
The police added that “Items recovered are a ring and pieces of red clothes.”
This comes one week after a man, Ifeanyi Njoku, was arrested for allegedly killing his 24-year-old girlfriend, Precious Okeke, and sleeping with her corpse for money rituals in Lagos.
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