Pastor beheads seven-year-old boy, buries head on altar
Jun 9, 2017 2:53 AM
Police in Lagos have arrested a pastor, Adedoyin Oyekan, and his accomplice for allegedly beheading a seven-year-old schoolboy at Ikorodu area.
The suspects, Adedoyin Oyekan and Eric, were arrested at Odokereke, Odogunyan yesterday after they allegedly beheaded the boy and buried his head on the church’s altar.
The suspects were rescued from being lynched by some angry residents after they allegedly committed the offence at 16, Apata Abo Street, Odokekere, Odogunyan.
Eric, who is said to be a friend to the victim’s father, allegedly abducted the boy about 11 a.m. on Wednesday, after his father left him in his custody.
The suspect was said to have taken the boy to the pastor’s church where they beheaded and buried him between 2 a.m. and 4 a.m. on Wednesday night.
When the victim’s father came back to take his son, Eric claimed he had sent him home.
According to a resident, the police arrested Eric, who confessed during interrogation and led detectives to the pastor’s place where the child’s mutilated body was buried.
A resident said: “A little boy was beheaded. He is about seven years old. His father’s friend took him out to an unknown pastor around Odogunyan, Ikorodu, who has reportedly fled.”
“The boy’s father asked his friend where his son was and he responded that he had already asked him to go home, which was a lie.
They beheaded the boy between 2 a.m. and 4 a.m. and then buried his head underneath the altar of the pastor’s church.
“The father’s friend was arrested. It was then he confessed what they did with the boy’ body. The body was later exhumed and brought to the police station,” a police source said.
The Ayangbure of Ikorodu, Oba Kabir Adewale Shotobi, said he would make sure the perpetrators were brought to justice. It was learnt that angry residents had stormed the police station, demanding jungle justice for the suspects.
They destroyed a part of the police station’s perimeter fence and also attempted to set the station ablaze if the suspects were not released to them.
The state Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), ASP Olarinde Famous-Cole, said policemen on patrol apprehended the suspects.
The PPRO said the policemen clamped down on Eric whose confession led to the arrest of the other suspect and the recovery of the boy’s body.
He said: “On investigation one of the suspects, Eric, confessed to the crime.
He led a team of policemen to Odokekere/Odogunyan to apprehend Oyekan, who later led the team to where the seven-year-old boy was beheaded and his head buried. “They hid the body inside canal.
The two suspects involved have been arrested and the body and the head of the boy were brought to the station.
Investigation has commenced and the case would be transferred to the State Criminal Investigations and Intelligence Department (SCIID), Panti, Yaba, Lagos.”
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