Man Kills Son As His Bulletproof Charm Fails

In a bid to test the potency of his newly acquired
bullet proof ‘juju’, a man, Ornguga Adega, of
Agbatse village in Kwande local government
area of Benue State, shot his only son dead
while conducting a gunshot test on the boy. The suspect who was immediately apprehended by men of the Benue State Police Command, is currently
facing trial at a Makurdi Chief Magistrate Court.
According to the First Information Report, FIR,
by the police, the suspect and father of the ten-
year- old had, in August 2012, bought some
charm from a native doctor with the belief that it
was potent enough to prevent the penetration of
bullets into his body.
He was said to have rubbed his ‘bullet proof’
cream on the body of his son in order to verify
its efficacy and potency in line with the
instructions of the native doctor from whom he
bought the charm.
According to the FIR, Adega fired a shot with
his single barrel gun on the right leg of his son
following which the bullet shattered the leg and
also penetrated through to the left leg.
The boy was said to have bled profusely but
before his shocked and devastated father could
get proper medical attention for him, the little
boy bled to death.
When the case came up at the Makurdi Chief
Magistrate Court, police prosecutor, Inspector
Gabriel Egbonyi, said the accused was arrested
at the process of investigating the cause of
death of the young boy.
Egbonyi further told the court that the accused
confessed to committing the crime and also
acknowledged responsibility for the unfortunate
incident which prompted further police
investigation into the matter.
Meanwhile no plea was taken for want of
jurisdiction. However the prosecution said
investigation was still in progress in the matter
and asked for another date for hearing.
The Chief Magistrate, Mr Dan Ogoh, ordered
that the accused be remanded in prison custody
and adjourned the case to 12 September.