Police have arrested a man who allegedly buried a nine-year-old girl with a N1,000 note in Kwara state.
Gatekeepers News reports that Kwara State Police Command, North Central Nigeria, have arrested a man, Alade James, for allegedly killing and burying a nine-year-old girl, Faith Samuel.
The police said James buried the victim in Offa in the Offa Local Government Area of Kwara State with the aim of using her for a money ritual.
The state Police Public Relations Officer, Ajayi Okasanmi, in a statement said operatives, who exhumed the corpse, discovered that it was buried with a N1,000 note.
Okasanmi said the suspect confessed to killing the girl for a money ritual.
The statement read in part, “Around 6.12pm of Saturday, September 25, 2021, acting on actionable intelligence, a team of policemen arrested a man, Alade James of Alawe compound, Offa, in the process of burying a corpse in the Ikotun area of Offa.
“Preliminary investigation revealed that the suspect had killed and buried the nine-year-old girl, Faith Samuel, of Onireke area Offa.
“The corpse was recovered with a N1,000 note buried with it.
“The body was deposited at a mortuary for an autopsy after a doctor certified the girl dead.
“The parents of the deceased have been contacted, while the Commissioner of Police, Kwara State, Tuesday Assayomo, has ordered a discreet investigation into the murder.”
