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The police in Lagos on Thursday
arrested a pastor for allegedly beheading a 7-year old boy and burying
his head at the church’s altar. .
The
command’s spokesman, Olarinde Famous-Cole, an Assistant Superintendent
of Police (ASP) confirmed the arrest to newsmen, stressing that the
suspect was arrested with an accomplice at Ikorodu.
Famous-Cole said the policemen arrested
one Eric, whose confession led to the arrest of the pastor and the
recovery of the boy’s body. “On investigation, one of the suspects, Eric
confessed to the crime. .
He led a team of policemen to
Odokekere/ Odogunyan in Ikorodu area 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.“ The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) had earlier gathered that the
pastor, identified as Adedoyin Oyekan and one Eric were arrested at
Odokereke, Odogunyan of Ikorodu on Thursday.
Eric, who was said to be a friend to
the victim’s father, allegedly stole the boy around 11.am on Wednesday,
after his father left him in his care. It was gathered the suspect was
said to have taken the boy to the pastor’s church where they beheaded
and buried him between 2.am and 4.am yesterday. .
When the victim’s father came back to
take his son, Eric claimed he had sent him home. Eric opened up during
interrogation and led detectives to the pastor’s place where the child’s
mutilated body was buried.
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