An 18-year-old boy, Samuel, has confessed to strangling his mother to death and raping her corpse in a bid to perform a money ritual. The gruesome crime took place at their residence on Market Road, Ologbo, Ikpoba-Okha Local Government Area of Delta State.
The suspect claimed he acted on the instructions of a native doctor known as One Love. “I wanted to use her for money ritual. She was sleeping when I strangled her around 5 am. I was advised by One Love, a native doctor in Oghara, to kill her. After killing her, I slept with her. The native doctor told me to do so and keep her corpse for two days,” Samuel stated.
He further revealed that the native doctor promised him ₦50,000 if he could cut off his mother’s ears and fingers and bring them to him. However, before he could dismember the body, his grandmother discovered him with the lifeless body and raised an alarm, leading to his arrest.
This case is not isolated. The National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) revealed that over 150 ritual killing cases were recorded in the six months leading to January 2025. In a similar incident in Enugu State, a youth killed his mother, grandmother, sister, and her son on November 27, 2024.
Just recently, in Anambra State, three suspects—Chidozie Nwangwu, Onyebuchi Okocha, and Ekene Igboezekwe—were arraigned before Justice Jude Obiorah on charges of claiming to possess supernatural powers to perform money rituals and conspiracy to commit felony.
The Anambra State Governor, Prof. Charles Soludo, has urged citizens to be vigilant, stating, “Bad people have entered our land. They are not invisible like the air; they are human beings, and we know them. If you see any of them, just draw our attention to them.”
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