The Ondo State Police Command has arrested a 42 year -old man , Mr . Samuel Omosaba, for allegedly beheading his three year -old niece , Adubarin Kola at Ilepa quarters in Ikare- Akoko, Akoko North East local government area of Ondo State .
Omosaba, who is unemployed and yet to marry , allegedly contacted an herbalist in Ipe - Akoko to assist him with money -making rituals .
According to Daily Post , the herbalist told him that the only way to make him rich was for him to look for the head of a baby .
Meanwhile , the deceased (Adubarin ) was always put in custody of her grandmother at Ilepa quarters in Ikare anytime her mother , Bunmi, who is a trader , was going to the market to sell her goods .
On the unfortunate day the little girl met her untimely death , her mother was said to have taken her to her paternal grandmother but were met by Omosaba, Adubarin’ s father ’s elder brother , who promised to look after her until her grandmother returns home .
Later in the day when she returned from the market , Bunmi headed for her mother- in -law’ s place to pick up her daughter only to be greeted by the sight of her lifeless daughter in her uncle ’s room .
The suspect was said to have confessed to the family members that he killed his niece for ritual purposes .
Omosaba was nearly lynched by aggrieved youths in the community but for the timely intervention of the police .
The State Police Public Relations Officer ( PPRO) , Mr . Femi Joseph , who confirmed the incident, said the matter had been transferred to the State Criminal Investigative Department in Akure , the state capital , for further investigation .
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